(Ooh-ooh) / Someday (someday), someday. /

He's on the phone, / doesn't want to go home. / The hotel life - / forget your wife, / you're on your own. Academia girl; / her life's a gas, / she loves the trash / inside his world. / Can't find his way there, / got the cash, / feeling flash / in Leicester Square. /

(Ooh-ooh) / Yes. / She never meant to call, / she did anyway, / and now he's trying to find / the words to say / Someday (someday), someday (someday.) / Yes. / She never meant to call, / she did anyway, / and now he's trying to find / the words to say / Someday (someday), someday. /

It's five to twelve / and she's nervous as hell, / with nothing to lose, / it's hard to choose / it's hard to tell. / [The remix has this additional couplet: And her's is lilac and gold; / the things she has, / she's feeling sad, / she's feeling old.] / Skin is dewdrop and warm; / the lipstick kiss, / reminisce, / awake 'til dawn. /

(Ooh-ooh) / Yes. / She never meant to call, / she did anyway, / and now he's trying to find / the words to say / Someday (someday), someday (someday.) / Yes. / (Ooh-ooh) / She never meant to call, / she did anyway, / and now he's trying to find / the words to say / Someday (someday), someday (someday.) /

Et c'est alors que supposement blesse par le commun des mortels, / [The remix contains the middle section: Qu'en habit pourpre et net, / de mes cendres fictions, / pour l'encore inconnu(e), attendu(e); / ] Je reserecte encore et encore. / Je reserecte / encore / et encore. /

He's on the phone / and she wants to go home, / shoes in hand, / don't make a sound, / it's time to go /

Ooh-ooh / Yes. / She never meant to call, / she did anyway, / and now he's trying to find / the words to say / Someday (someday), someday (someday.) / Yes. / (Ooh-ooh) / She never meant to call, / she did anyway, / and now he's trying to find / the words to say / Someday (someday), someday (someday), someday.

Credits

Composition:

• Etienne Daho

Arrangement:

• Bob Stanley
• Pete Wiggs

Vocals:

• Sarah Cracknell
• Etienne Daho

References

Trivia

Here's the band talking about the track, shamelessly pinched from Melody Maker:

Sarah:
Guest vocals by Etienne Daho, Nicest Man In Pop.
Bob:
He's so stupidly famous here [in France], he can't walk down the street. And no-one's ever heard of him, outside of France. I can't think of any British stars like that.
Pete:
Robson & Jerome?

Versions and sources

He's On The Phone

• Continental compilation album [CD [Japan]]
• He's On The Phone single [CD]
• He's On The Phone single [cassette]
• He's On The Phone single [CD (France)]
• Tiger Bay album [CD (Germany)]
• Too Young To Die singles compilation album [twelve inch vinyl]
• Too Young To Die singles compilation album [CD]
• Too Young To Die singles compilation album [double CD]
• Too Young To Die singles compilation album [cassette]

He's On The Phone (bungee dub mix)

• He's On The Phone single [CD (USA)]

He's On The Phone (bungee vocal mix)

• Casino Classics compilation remix album [double CD]
• Casino Classics compilation remix album [vinyl triple twelve inch]
• Casino Classics compilation remix album [cassette]
• Casino Classics compilation remix album [limited double CD with slipcase]
• He's On The Phone single [third promo vinyl twelve inch]
• He's On The Phone single [CD (USA)]

He's On The Phone (motiv8 dub)

• He's On The Phone single [promo vinyl twelve inch]

He's On The Phone (motiv8 mix)

• He's On The Phone single [remix CD]
• He's On The Phone single [cassette]
• He's On The Phone single [promo vinyl twelve inch]
• He's On The Phone single [CD (USA)]

He's On The Phone (naked bungee dub)

• He's On The Phone single [third promo vinyl twelve inch]

He's On The Phone (radio edit)

• He's On The Phone single [CD (USA)]
• Smash The System compilation album [double CD]

He's On The Phone [video]

• Too Young To Die videos compilation [VHS video cassette]