Busy Signal
Before mobile phones, a simple busy signal could leave you wondering for hours.
Standing alone in a rain-soaked phone booth, far from home, a man calls the woman he loves. The line is busy... and his imagination begins to race. Is she talking to her mother? Her sister? Her brother? Or someone else?
But as the night goes on, he realizes something important: she's probably worrying about him just as much as he's worrying about her.
A nostalgic roots reggae story about long-distance love, trust, and the days when a handful of coins and a payphone were your only connection to home.
🎵 Written by Allan Nygaard (AN-26 Reggae)
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Lyrics
### Verse 1
Another town, another lonely night,
Streetlight glow and di moon shine bright.
Pocket full a coins, mi dial yuh name,
But di line keep tellin' mi di same.
Every beep start runnin' through mi mind,
Leavin' common sense far behind.
Mi close mi eyes and try fi smile,
But lonely thoughts travel every mile.
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### Pre-Chorus
Beeep... Beeep... Beeep...
Why tonight seem so deep?
Beeep... Beeep... Beeep...
Sleep no come, mi can't sleep.
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### Chorus
**Busy signal pon di telephone line,**
**Tell mi, darlin', who a tek yuh time?**
Is it Mama checkin' in pon yuh?
Or yuh sista wid some news come through?
Maybe yuh bredda just stop by,
Laughin' 'til di hours pass dem by.
Or somebody mi never know...
Busy signal... now mi mind let go.
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### Verse 2
Miles away where di work done call,
Different skyline, different wall.
Every café, every busy street,
Still feel empty without yuh heartbeat.
Funny how one likkle beep pon di line,
Can mek imagination outrun time.
Mi know yuh heart, mi know yuh smile,
Still distance play dem tricks awhile.
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### Pre-Chorus
Beeep... Beeep... Beeep...
Echo through mi sleep.
Beeep... Beeep... Beeep...
Promises fi keep.
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### Chorus
**Busy signal pon di telephone line,**
**Tell mi, darlin', who a tek yuh time?**
Is it Mama tellin' stories again?
Or yuh sista talkin' 'bout di rain?
Maybe yuh bredda just checkin' in,
Laughin' loud wid family and kin.
Or somebody mi never know...
Busy signal... why it trouble mi so?
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### Bridge
Then mi stop... and mi start fi see,
Maybe yuh a worryin' just like me.
Maybe yuh watchin' every passing car,
Wonderin' where mi really are.
Maybe love work both di same,
Different roads, but one heart flame.
Tomorrow when di line ring through,
First words... "Mi did miss yuh too."
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### Final Chorus
**Busy signal pon di telephone line,**
**No more fear a steal mi mind.**
Maybe Mama keep yuh company,
Maybe family need yuh urgently.
Distance only play wid we soul,
But love still make two halves whole.
Busy signal fade away...
Tomorrow mi hear yuh voice again.
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### Outro
Beeep...
Beeep...
Then...
*"Hello?"*
*"Mi love..."*
