You're sitting there cryin' at home

Waiting by the telephone

He's our runnin' around

Thinking that you'll never know

But you've played this game before

He breaks your heart again

You take him back and then it's over

Almost over



Except the loneliness

Of a long distance love

He looks for

Happiness

In the arms of another

Tell me

How many teardrops will fall

While you're waiting for that telephone call

That never comes

It never comes



You feel so alone

Especially when the night comes

So you go out

Hoping that you'll meet someone

To kill this pain inside

You let him take you home

And all the pain is gone away

But in the light of day

You see the

Loneliness

Of a long distance love

You look for tenderness

In the arms of another

Tell me

How many teardrops will fall

While he's waiting for tat telephone call

That never comes

It never comes



You still believe in the happy ever after

After the pain comes the love and the laughter

So you wait in vain and you wonder

Why it never comes

It never comes



Written by C. Stigers and G. Sutton