Somebody told her that there was a place like heaven Across the water on a seven-fortyseven
Yeah, we're living 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 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 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 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.
Said she'd call when she'd been gone a while Guess she's missing me across the miles
Yeah, we're living in a modern world.