Words and music by Tom T. Hall
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From Real - The Tom T. Hall Project
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Originally by Tom T. Hall
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Have you read any good telephone books lately?
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If you ain't then let me recommend one
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I've already read that tulsa telephone book thirteen times
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If you don't know any last names it ain't much fun
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Readin' that tulsa telephone book, can drive a guy insane
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Especially if that girl you're lookin' for has no last name
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I gotta find her and tell her, I don't want our love to end
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So I'm readin' that tulsa telephone book again
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Well, I was in tulsa and didn't have anything goin'
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She lived in tulsa and didn't have anything on
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She said, "my name is juanita," and I said, "my name is j.b. [t.]"
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When I woke up the very next mornin' she was gone
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All of the tulsa operators know my voice now
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And they gotta know how long I've been alone
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If you meet a girl named juanita with some ribbons in her hair
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Would you tell her that she's wanted on the phone
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Readin' that tulsa telephone book, can drive a guy insane
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Especially if that girl you're lookin' for has no last name
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I gotta find her and tell her, I don't want our love to end
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So I'm readin' that tulsa telephone book again
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Tulsa Telephone Book
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| Calexico |
