Telephone Is Screaming (Sideswipe) Blues

Telephone Is Screaming (Sideswipe) Blues (Harvey Dog) 3:10

February 2022
Vocals, Sax & Guitar & Drums from SampleFocus

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Video

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Lyrics

landscapes
dark & bleary,
shadow bats
swoop in
a mad jitterbug
dance of wings

It’s going to be a long night
a long night of the tortured soul

C-
The telephone is screaming
the sideswipe blues,
somebody’s scheming
to give me bad, bad news,
the telephone is screaming.

a momentary silence,
I know who it is
I know who it is
and it can’t be good,
it won’t stop,
it’s continuous,
vibrations
warning of
incoming
…wrath

I’m afraid to move,
I’m afraid of exposing
my location,
I’ll sit here
in fearful silence,
I know who it is,
it’s going to be a long night
a long, long night of the tortured soul

C-
The telephone is screaming
the sideswipe blues.
somebody’s scheming
to give me bad, bad news,
the telephone is screaming…

it’s going to be a long night
a long, long night of the tortured soul
a long, long night.

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Drawings for “Telephone Is Screaming (Sideswipe) Blues” video

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Notes

• A piece about my fear of the screaming telephone.
• Grammarly’s Tone Detector: Disapproving (*****) Informative (***). The Writings site’s ratings were Sad (*****) Disapproving (****)…same words, different rating.

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