By Glen Ballard, Brie Howard and David Faragher



Backing:

Calling on the nightline

Waking me up

Calling on the nightline

Can't get enough

Calling on the nightline

Saying strange things

Calling on the nightline

I can hear it ring



He's calling on the nightline

Waking me up

He's calling on the nightline

Can't get enough



Every night around midnight

I get the call

I reach for my night light

So I can write it all down



Chorus:

He's calling on the nightline

Waking me up

He's calling on the nightline

Can't get enough

He's calling on the nightline

Saying strange things

He's calling on the nightline

I can hear it ring



Make it person to person

And heart to heart

I know for certain

I got the fire

You got the spark



Chorus:

He's calling on the nightline

Waking me up

He's calling on the nightline

Can't get enough



Hello. Oh it's you. What?!!

You've got to be kidding... Well...

Let me sleep on it.???



(Good evening, at the tone the time will be twelve, o'clock, exactly (beep))



Every night around midnight

Your call comes through

You're turning on my night light

Like talking in a dream to you



Chorus:

Calling on the nightline

You can wake me up

He's calling on the nightline

Can't get enough

He's calling on the nightline

whispering in my ear

Calling on the nightline

Telling me what I want to hear



Every night around midnight

I get the call

I reach for my night light

So I can write it all down



Chorus:

He's calling on the nightline

You can wake me up

He's calling on the nightline

Can't get enough

He's calling on the nightline

Saying strange things

He's calling on the nightline

I can hear it ring



He's calling on the nightline

Whispering in my ear

He's calling on the nightline

What I want to hear

He's calling on the nightline

I'm waiting by the phone

He's calling on the nightline

I can hear it ring



Copyright 1982, 1983 MCA Music (A Division of MCA Inc.)/Music Corporation

of America, Inc