NOBODY CALLS FROM VEGAS JUST TO SAY HELLO
(Hank Cochran / Brenda Burch / Vern Gosdin / Jimmy Burch)


Vern Gosdin - 1987



Well, it's three o'clock in the morning, phone's a-ringing off the wall
It's been months since you left, funny that you called
I know you're needin' somethin', your money running low
Nobody calls from Vegas just to say hello

Oh, I'm tired o' holdin' to this phone listenin' to your lies
Just about to lose control, this is my last goodbye
The next sound that you'll hear is goin' to be me lettin' you go
Nobody calls from Vegas just to say hello

Oh, money don't grow on trees
You can't reap what you don't sow
I may be crazy, but I ain't stupid and I know
Nobody calls from Vegas just to say hello

Oh, I want to believe you, when I pick up the phone
You said you called just to see what is going on
That casino in the background tells me, buddy don't you know.
Nobody calls from Vegas just to say hello

Oh, money don't grow on trees
You can't reap what you don't sow
I may be crazy, but I ain't stupid and I know
Nobody calls from Vegas just to say hello
Nobody calls from Vegas just to say hello



(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - March 2018)