mama i'm calling to tell you just how much i miss you today
i wish that you lived somewhere closer to me but you're
only a phone call away

now i know i should write you more often 'cause that's
something good children do
if words carry weight, my letter is late - mama this song's for you

mama i'm calling to tell you just how much i miss you today
i wish that you lived somewhere closer to me but you're
only a phone call away

now i know i caused you some trouble, from fifteen to age twenty five
but now i've grown up, we've learned to talk, trouble don't seem to mind

mama i'm calling to tell you just how much i miss you today
i wish that you lived somewhere closer to me but you're
only a phone call away(x2)

i wish that you lived somewhere closer to me but you're
only a phone call away
you're only a phone call away