[Refrain]
Paper and wire killed my brother and my sister too
And if you don't watch out
You know they're going to get you too
And if I don't watch out
You know they're going to get me too
Telephone, telephone
Telephone, telephone

[Verse 1]
Well I strangled the cord
Ripped it off of the phone
And I saw the bone
And I saw the twinkling lights
And it must have been rats
'Cause it sure was a drone
Sure was a drag

[Refrain]
Paper and wire killed my brother and my sister too
And if you don't watch out
You know they're going to get you
And if I don't watch out
You know they're going to get me too
Telephone, telephone, telephone
[Verse 2]
And I strangled
And I ripped the cord
And I saw the bone
And I heard these tweetin' things
'n twinkling lights
'n there was nobody home
Where are all those nerve endings
Coming out of the bone?

[Refrain]
Telephone, telephone

[Verse 3]
Well I ripped the cord right out of the phone
And I saw the bone
There the gleaming white bone
Telephone

[Refrain]
Paper and wire killed my brother and my sister too
And if you don't watch out
You know they're going to get you
And if I don't watch out
You know they're going to get me too
Telephone, telephone
[Outro]
And I can’t get away
And I can’t get away
It’s like a grey adder at the end of the hall
It’s like a plastic horned devil