Name: Incoming Call
Duration: P00H02M55S
Description: Recorded at Pie Street Studios in Brisbane, 2010. Produced by the Dead Beat Daddios, mixed by Malcolm McBeath.

Incoming Call

from Dashboard Elvis by Dead Beat Daddios

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Recorded at Pie Street Studios in Brisbane, 2010. Produced by the Dead Beat Daddios, mixed by Malcolm McBeath.

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Incoming Call (by Paul Cumming / Vivienne Gay)

I'm on the line now you're engaged
For hours now I've cried and raged
The phone's clenched feebly in my hand
I'm calling you to make a stand
We played a game somebody won
And thought it was a lot of fun
We played a game somebody lost
And I'm calling you to count the cost

chorus
I am the voice that you fear
You can't call me while I'm still here
And if you don't want me at all (then tell me)
Cause you can't cut puff an incoming call

This other man you're trying to dial
Will be waiting quite a while
Try to call him constantly
First you'll have to talk to me
You don't leave me any choice
Pick up the phone you'll hear my voice
I'm not going to disconnect

chorus

I've pulled the phone into my bed
And while I'm dreaming you can dread
And while I'm sleeping you can sweat
On how to finish this duet
You and I have got to speak
I don't care if it takes a week
For you to get the guts to tell me
Come to you or go to hell

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from Dashboard Elvis, released January 1, 2011
Hugh Martin (vocals, guitars), Malcolm McBeath (bass, backing vocals), Jim Carden (drums, percussion). Written by P Cumming.

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Dead Beat Daddios Melbourne, Australia

Story songs about love, landscapes, misfits and mistakes, set to tuneful alt-country grooves.

"Great music in the country and kinda-country genres isn’t just for those of us here in the southern states. There are tunes brewing in Brisbane, as the Dead Beat Daddios prove."
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