You're sitting there cryin' at home  Waiting by the telephone  He's our runnin' around  Thinking that you'll never know  But you've played this game before  He breaks your heart again  You take him back and then it's over  Almost over  Except the loneliness  Of a long distance love  He looks for  Happiness  In the arms of another  Tell me  How many teardrops will fall  While you're waiting for that telephone call  That never comes  It never comes  You feel so alone  Especially when the night comes  So you go out  Hoping that you'll meet someone  To kill this pain inside  You let him take you home  And all the pain is gone away  But in the light of day  You see the  Loneliness  Of a long distance love  You look for tenderness  In the arms of another  Tell me  How many teardrops will fall  While he's waiting for tat telephone call  That never comes  It never comes  You still believe in the happy ever after  After the pain comes the love and the laughter  So you wait in vain and you wonder  Why it never comes  It never comes  Written by C. Stigers and G. Sutton