Mr. Telephone Man

Let me fi dis call telephone man
Whether Jamaica or di foreign land
You want to meet di short man, you beat me or call mi, man
Whether short or long distance, right?
Well, big up C&T Company, man (Hear me now)

Dis are telly, dis are telephone man
Jah man, for dis are telly, dis are telephone man
For dis are telly, dis are telephone man
Jah man, for dis are telly, dis are telephone man (For mi say)

Check out mi line, mi have a bad connection
'Cause, every time mi call, mi get mi neighbor woman
An' her man, him is a government man
Patrol a day, sleep in a station
Every morning him get up, have him gun in a him hand

Dis are telly, dis are telephone man
Jah man, for dis are telly, dis are telephone man
For mi say, 017, say 081
A long distance, mi say fi call London
An' 516, a Long Island
An' 301, mi say, down at Washington

Dis are telly, dis are telephone man
Jah man, for dis are telly, dis are telephone man
For mi say, listen Nicodemus in a Styles and Pattern
An' anywhere mi go, mi just a ram Jam Session
'Cause, short are short an' long are long
An' di first song mi do are "Boardman Connection"
Di next one mi do are 'bout di gal Suzi-Wan

Dis are telly, dis are telephone man
Jah man, for dis are telly, dis are telephone man (For mi say)

Check out mi line, mi have a bad connection
'Cause, every time mi call, mi get mi neighbor woman
An', an' her man, him is a government man
An', patrol a day, sleep in a station
Every morning him get up, have him gun in a him hand
An' make up him face like him are King Kong
An' listen Nicodemus in a Styles and Pattern

Dis are telly, dis are telephone man
Jah man, for dis are telly, dis are telephone man
For mi say, 071, an' mi say 081
Di long distance, mi say fi call London
An', 301, an' mi say dat are Washington
An', 516, dat are Long Island
An', down in Jamaica, say, di sun no stop shine
Call Jamaica, dat are 809
An', second Nicodemus, you is one of a kind

Dis are telly, dis are telephone man
Jah man, for dis are telly, dis are telephone man
For mi say, 305, mi say dat are Miami
305, Mi say dat are Miami
An' 718, say dat are Brooklyn
Mi are business man beca' mi phone no stop ring

Dis are telly, dis are telephone man
Jah man, for dis are telly, dis are telephone man
For mi say, check out mi line, mi have a bad connection
'Cause, every time mi call, mi get mi neighbor woman
An', an' her man, him is a government man
An', patrol a day, sleep in a station
Every morning him get up, have him gun in a him hand
An' make up him face like a him are King Kong
An' second Nicodemus, you are di little short man
An' anywhere you go, you just a ram Jam Session

Dis are telly, dis are telephone man
Jah man, for dis are telly, dis are telephone man
For mi say, 071, an' mi say 081
'Cause, di long distance fi over London
But di one fi Japan, mi don't know that one
'Cause, mi say, mi get it from di gal Suzi-Wan
An' she just a tell mi 'bout a 111

Dis are telly, dis are telephone man
Jah man, for dis are telly, dis are telephone man
For mi say, listen mister Demus in a Styles and Pattern
An' anywhere him go, him just a ram Jam Session
'Cause, down in Jamaica, say, di sun no stop shine
'Cause, call Jamaica, dat are 809
But, 212, mi say dat is in di Bronx
An' 718, say dat are-