[Verse 1]

Come around and say you love me

Hang your heart in lights above me

Is that too much to ask for?

When the night descends upon us

Take a shower, dry your hair by the furnace

I'll watch you from the corner

[Chorus]

Telephones and old typewriters

Words of love along the wires

Let's make it work tonight

Telegraphs and birds that fly

Through air so still you hear me sigh

Let's make it work tonight

Tonight

Tonight

[Verse 2]

Then, furious, you threw the picture

I, cap in hand, an awful mixture

That kind of hard love is the worst

I try to speak

But you don't hear me

When you're gone

You still feel near me

For a while

For a little while

[Chorus]

I've tried telephones and old typewriters

Words of love along the wires

But nothing is working tonight

I've tried telegraphs and birds that fly

Through air so still you hear me sigh

But nothing is working tonight

Tonight

Please, let's make it work tonight

Please, let's make it work tonight

Tonight