[Verse 1]
What was it like?
How was it then?
To stand on a stage with just a mic and a name and chat like you were with a friend
People just heard
And little they saw
But the words were enough, yeah the words were enough to entertain them all

[Chorus]
Oh, how beautiful it was to me
How beautiful it was to me
How beautiful it was to me to listen to simplicity
I wonder how we used to be
When the telephone rang

[Verse 2]
How did it go?
How did it die?
To talk to a face in a neighbourhood place telling stories over coffee and pie
People said what they meant
It was heard on the spot
You either tell the truth, or make a bad excuse, or you would lie and get caught

[Chorus]
Oh, how beautiful it was to me
How beautiful it was to me
How beautiful it was to me to show your personality
I wonder how we used to be
Wen the telephone rang
Ba ba ba da da da da
[Bridge]
Will it ever come back?
Or is it already gone?
To meet your friends on the street
And kick a ball with your feet
And make it home when the lights come on

[Chorus]
Oh, how beautiful it was to me
How beautiful it was to me
How beautiful it was to me to use your curiosity
I wonder how we used to be
When the telephone rang
Ba ba ba da da da da

When the telephone rang