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A little while ago I went and placed a call
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To tell this girl I know that she could have it all
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The wedding, the ring, the whole darn thing, I was willing to tie the knot
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So I called her up, and this is the answer I got:
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[CHORUS:]
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"I'm so sorry you have just reached my answering machine,
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I'm not in at present, I'm sure you know the whole routine.
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Leave your name and number, and I'll try to get back to you;
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You have 30 seconds to talk to me before you're through."
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And I said,
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"Baby let's go get married, I need to hear you're mine.
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I am hanging on, I am hanging on, I am hanging on this line.
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And if I can leave one message before you go to bed,
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I would say to you...:"
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And the phone went dead.
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So I stepped out to buy some dog food for the cat.
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Of course she called about three minutes after that.
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Would she be my wife and share my life? Well of course you can write the
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plot,
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Cause she called me up, and this is the answer she got:
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"I'm so sorry you have just reached my answering machine,
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I'm not in at present, I'm sure you know the whole routine.
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Leave your name and number, and I'll try to get back to you;
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You have 30 seconds to talk to me before you're through."
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And she said,
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"Baby I got your message, I am answering your call.
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I have thought it out, I have thought it out, and I think that, all-in-all
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If you ask if we can marry, and make it for all time,
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then my answer is...:"
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and the phone went,
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"I'm so sorry, you have just reached my answering machine..."
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etc.
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Answering Machine
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Clint Holmes |