Gene Pitney

Get Rosetta On The Phone

Gene Pitney


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No, no, no, no, no, please say it isn’t so
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Say it isn’t me your taking to that cell below
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God what have I done? Why I’d have to fire that gun
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Tell her one last thing before I go

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Get Rosetta on the phone, 
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Tell her I’m not coming home for a long, long time
See I had a drink or two when she told me we were through
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Then I guess I lost my mind
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I shot him down, I couldn’t bare to let him take your love away
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Just get Rosetta on the phone,
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Tell her I’m sorry for what I’ve done to her today

I know we cannot be, but if I were only free
I’d prove to my Rosetta there’s no better man than me
Now I cannot sleep at night cause I took a good man’s life
And left the one I love in misery

Get Rosetta on the phone, 
She’ll be sitting all alone where the roses (?)
And will tell that little girl, if I could I’d give the world
To turn back the hands of time
And if she said she really loved me then I gladly stand away
Get Rosetta on the phone,
Say I’m sorry for what I’ve done to her today