Lyrics

Lucy on the Line
By Whitley Hill
© 1998

2 a.m. Telephone rings with a rage just like a woman?s scream.
I know before I pick it up, it?s Lucy on the line.
And all I hear? a low-pitched moan, ain?t no need to say hello.
I say, ?Hang on, sister. I?m comin? over. It?s gonna be alright.?
And oh, yes I?m flyin?, ?cause Lucy?s on the line.

Lucy, she?s half to heaven, waiting outside the 7-11
With a bloody towel pressed to her face and a grocery bag of clothes
And she can barely climb inside. She says, ?Oh, please hurry, we ain?t got much time.
He was sleeping when I left, but by now he knows.

I know she?s scared. I?m scared myself. We make it down to Highway 12.
And my baby sister lies in the back like a broken doll.
But two lights suddenly appear, sneering in my rear view mirror
And he?s gaining on us fast like a hound of hell.
And oh? yes, I?m flyin? ?cause Lucy?s on the line.

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And there?s moonglow over Tupelo and Aberdeen and Jackson
There?s something in the air I swear tonight
Sometimes a woman?s gotta take a little action
She knows I?ll be there anytime, that Lucy?s on the Line.

Lucy wakes up, starts to cry. She says, ?Oh, sweet Jesus, he?s right behind us.?
And it?s true. I can see the whites of his bloodshot eyes.
He pulls alongside, don?tcha know, tries to force us off the road.
But I hit the gas, speed off at 85.

And up ahead?s an unmarked road to a place I?m sure that no one knows
But me and that guy I loved who moved away.
I hit the brakes, turn sharp right, tell my sister to hang on tight
And I can?t recall the words I need to pray.

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Evil chasing right behind. Headlights like to drive me blind.
And I can see him laughing like the devil.
I spin right the road it ends, he breaks the rail at Lookout Bend
And flies out into the air over the river.
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The truck it drops like a drowning stone and I think he?ll leave her alone now
We climb, shaking, from the car.
We stand together in the wind. It?s the way that movie should?ve ended
With sisters standing tall against the dark.

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