Dialtone

Em, G, D, A
I remember meeting her freshman year
Navigating as we tried to steer
Our lives in a direction worth taking
Making all the mistakes worth making

We started off a little rushed
she was already taken
Was I mistaken reading between the lines?
Thought she'd be mine for the longest time

So hey let's flash forward a year
Characters change and so do our fears
She wanted to be a teacher and I said I'm all ears
Gave me a chance to look in the mirror

Dropped out of school and got a job
Stuck by each other, against all odds
Through thick and thin, to the very end
In the world alone with my best friend

call on the phone
Hope you are home
Three rings then the dial tone

Wish you were here
Distance and fear
Kept me from calling all these years

call on the phone
Hope you are home
Three rings then the dial tone

Wish you were here
Distance and fear
Kept me from calling all these years

The world rotates, as we go for a spin
We were down on our luck and never could win
Looking down at it all through the head of a pin
Nothing to do as our luck grows thin

After 20 years, it's something to see
I never would have thought, you would just leave
You uprooted our family tree
You took her and left, lonely old me.

A father deserves to see his child,
I know it's an Idea quite wild
Please believe me this is me being mild
Even though we haven't talked in a while

Come on I need this pick up the phone
Please don't leave me all alone
I feel for you though I don't let it show
Nothing I wouldn't give to see her she grow

call on the phone
Hope you are home
Three rings then the dial tone

Wish you were here
Distance and fear
Kept me from calling all these years

call on the phone
Hope you are home
Three rings then the dial tone

Wish you were here
Distance and fear
Kept me from calling all these years