The call came through on the telephone
About a kid in big trouble, he was no one I'd known,
And the caller explained that the kid's friends had said
That he was tellin' them all that real soon he'd be dead,
And he'd even showed them he'd assembled a list
Of all his possessions to leave them as gifts,
But he hadn't included his favorite knife,
Because he wanted to use it to take his own life...
All of my crowded thoughts s c a t t e r e d...
Cuz somebody somewhere was wantin' to die
And suddenly all that seemed to matter
Was that somebody somewhere needed an urgent reply...
It's that somebody somewhere needed an urgent reply!
So I called up this kid on the telephone,
Said, "I'd like to stop by if you think you'll be home."
And I told him, "I know you must think it's bizarre
That a stranger would call you to see how you are
But if you'll just give me the time of the day
I'll stop by to get you and we'll get away
And I'll tell you a tale that opened my eyes
and ears to those calls needin urgent replies.
Cuz there are times when we can't seem to figure things out,
And we find ourselves wonderin what life's all about,
But it's right then and there that we most need a friend
To help us find a solution that'll make the pain end ......
So I'll say to you now what I said to that kid,
I don't know if it mattered, but I hope that it did.
I told him that he and he alone was the key
To breakin the chains of his life's misery.
And I shared with him how it had taken me years
To see through the shadows of all my worst fears.
But how once I could see with a clear, naked eye
I found I could answer my own urgent replies
And how all my scattered thoughts gathered
There was too much to live for for wantin to die
And now all that seems to matter
is that somebody somewhere needs an urgent reply.
It's that somebody somewhere who needs an urgent reply......
The call came through on the telephone
About a kid in big trouble couldn't make it alone................
Urgent Reply
©1990 Jerry Mills
Boom Zing
Reprinted with permission
www.jerrymills.com
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