Scat   I gotta go to the taxi phone   I wanna call my folks back home   The taxi phone is the place to be   People come there just to stare at me   They come to stare at me      In a while I’ll hear the ring-a-ling   When they answer then my heart will sing   The taxi phone is the coolest place   But oops I gotta hurry    Stranger’s in my face   A stranger’s in my face      (Hey) how’s it going?   Can you hear me?    What cha say?   (Bye,) see ya later   Call you again another day   (Hey) how’s it going?   Can you hear me?    What cha say?   (Bye,) see ya later   Call you again another day   Another day yeah      Don’t you know that   Women are huddled beneath the tree   I wonder why they sit around talkin’ about me   A dollar a minute’s the going fare   Talking to my family so I just don’t care   I don’t care      So I walked a mile just to make this call   I’ll take my time and forget them all   Booth number one has a private view   If you could just see what the people do now   If you could see what the people do      Gotta go to the taxi phone   I wanna call my folks back home   The taxi phone is the place to be   People come there just to stare at me   They come to stare at me      (Hey) how’s it going?   Can you hear me?   What cha say?   (Bye,) see ya later    Call you again another day   (Hey) how’s it going?   Can you hear me?    What cha say?   (Bye,) see ya later   Call you again another day   Another day yeah      I gotta go to the taxi phone (taxi phone)   I wanna call my folks back home (taxi phone)   I gotta go to the taxi phone (taxi phone)   I wanna call my folks back home (taxi phone)   Repeat to end   Vamp out with scat