And this is my favourite Saint etienne´s song. Soon I´ll try to put it in the Saint Etienne Mp3 zone. Actually I have
four version of it: he´s on the phone (radio edit), he´s on the phone (album version), he´s on the phone (bungee vocal mix) and he´s on the phone (Dj Slim version).

         He's On The Phone         

                               CD 1                                                                                                                                                                      CD 2

Lyrics

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) /
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:
Arrangement:
Vocals:

References

This is a re-worked version of a previous cover Accident from the Saint Etienne Daho ep Reserection.

Versions and sources

He's On The Phone
He's On The Phone (bungee vocal mix)
He's On The Phone (motiv8 dub)