The clock strikes eight
The sky turns gray
I’ve checked the phone
A hundred ways
Lipstick on
My hair just right
Still waitin’ on
His voice tonight
He said he’d call
He said he would
Right after work
Like good boys should
But silence rings
These empty halls
Oh, I believed him
He said he’d call
I played our song
On 45
Held the phone
Like it’s alive
Each little buzz
Each tiny sound
Still no hello
Just echo now
He said he’d call
He said he might
Just after dark
Before goodnight
But now it’s late
And tears might fall
Still holdin’ on
He said he’d call
Maybe he's drivin’
Maybe he’s scared
Maybe I dreamed
He even cared
But hope is cruel
And soft and small
It waits beside
The quiet call
He said he’d call
And so I stay
Another night
Fades slow away
It’s just a ring
But means it all
My foolish heart
He said he’d call