Intro| - - - - | - - - - | - - - - | - - - - |Verse 1A Little While Ago, I Went And Placed A CallTo Tell This Girl I Know That She Could Have It AllThe Wedding, The Ring, The Whole Dumb Thing; I Was Willing To Tie The KnotSo I Called Her Up, And This Is The Answer I GotChorusI'm So Sorry, You Have Just Reached My Answering MachineI'm Not In At Present, I'm Sure You Know This Whole RoutineLeave Your Name And Number And I'll Try To Get Back To YouYou Have Thirty Seconds To Talk To Me Before You're ThroughPost-Chorus 1And I Said, "Baby Let's Go Get Married, I Need To Know You're MineI Am Hangin' On, I Am Hangin' On, I Am Hangin' On This LineAnd If I Can Leave One Message Before You Go To BedI Would Say To You-" And The Phone Went DeadVerse 2So I Stepped Out To Buy Some Dog Food For The CatOf Course She Called About Three Minutes After ThatWill She Be My Wife And Share My Life, Well Of Course You Can Write The Plot'Cause She Called Me Up, And This Is The Answer She GotChorusI'm So Sorry, You Have Just Reached My Answering MachineI'm Not In At Present, I'm Sure You Know This Whole RoutineLeave Your Name And Number And I'll Try To Get Back To YouYou Have Thirty Seconds To Talk To Me Before You're ThroughPost-Chorus 2And She Said, "Baby I Got Your Message, I'm Answering Your CallI Have Thought It Out, I Have Thought It Out And I Think That All In AllIf You Ask If We Can Marry, And Make It For All TimeThen My Answer Is-" And The Phone WentOutroI'm So Sorry, You Have Just Reached My Answering MachineI'm Not In At Present, I'm Sure You Know This Whole RoutineI'm So Sorry, You Have Just Reached My Answering MachineI'm Not In At Present, I'm Sure You Know This Whole RoutineFade out
