Musical Sunday

Hello, operator? I'm trying to reach a number that seems to be out of order. Can you help? ... 

Here are the lyrics of the 1986 ELO hit "Calling America," if you want to follow along: 

Somebody told her that there was a place like heaven

Across the water on a 747

Yeah, we're living in

In a modern world

 

And pretty soon she's really got the notion

Of flying out across the big blue ocean

Yeah, we're living in

In a modern world

 

Talk is cheap on satellite

But all I get is static information

I'm still here re-dial on automatic

 

Calling America (can't get a message through)

Calling America (that's what she said to do)

Calling America (that's where she has to be)

Calling America (she left a number for me)

Calling America

 

But I'm just talking to a satellite

Twenty thousand miles up in the sky each night

Yeah, we're living in

In a modern world

 

All I had to do was pick up the phone

I'm out in space, trying to talk to someone

Yeah, we're living in

In a modern world (in a modern world)

 

She left a number I could call

But no one's there, no one at all

There must be something going wrong

That number just rings on and on

 

Calling America (can't get a message through)

Calling America (that's what she said to do)

Calling America (that's where she has to be)

Calling America (she left a number for me)

Calling America

 

Said she'd call when she'd been gone a while

Guess she's missing me across the miles

Yeah, we're living in

In a modern world

 

Calling America (can't get a message through)

Calling America (that's what she said to do)

Calling America (that's where she has to be)

Calling America (she left a number for me)

Calling America

Calling America

Calling America

Calling America

Calling America

Calling America

If you get an answer that makes sense, let me know.

Have a good day and enjoy the rest of your weekend. More thoughts coming.

Bilbo