\"I wrote that after the first sessions with David Cole. I was in my I-want-to-stand-on-my-rock-&-roll-ground mood, I want a guitar rock song with a chorus/hook, and I want to see everybody jumping down on the floor when I sing that song.
\"Tammy gave me her number and I said, 'I'll get back to you in a couple of days.' I didn't call her back for a week. When I called her, she was like, 'Where I come from in the Midwest , a couple days is a couple days.' She started giving me a hard time. It was that time of, 'I've been so busted and broken, and do I really want to get back out there.' A lot of songs are from that place: 'Mercy,' 'Secret Agent'.the themes were different, but the emotional depth was still there.\" - Melissa Etheridge
Hello yes that's what I said I guess I thought that I was dead So I just called you from my bed to say hello You see I got this funny notion Life is only just an ocean I've been drowning in emotion Now I'm swimming back to shore And I'd like to talk to you
CHORUS If you want to you can call I'll be around If you want to you can write this number down If you want to If you want to leave a message at the tone If you want to you can call me here at home If you want to I'll be alone
So now I've called Yes it's been a couple days Okay seven this I know But I've been movin' kinda slow So I called oh it must be so appalling If you think that I've been stalling This is me now I am calling And I'm better than before And I'd like to talk to you
Don't you want to know don't you want to be Someone who takes a chance On a fool like me Staring at the door Staring down the hall Waiting my whole life just for you to call
Hello yes that's what I said I am breathing I'm not dead I'm waiting here now in my bed And I'd like to talk to you
If you want to let your fingers do the walk If you want to I got hours I can talk If you want to