Dm B C Am7 1. This circus is falling down on its kneesDm F C Am7 The big top is crumbling downDm B C Am7 It's raining in Baltimore fifty miles eastDm B C Am7 Where you should be, no one's aroundB F R: I need a phone callB F I need a raincoatB F I need a big loveB F I need a phone call 2. These train conversations are passing me by And I don't have nothing to say You get what you pay for But I just had no intention of living this way R: I need a phone call I need a plane ride I need a sunburn I need a raincoatC B And I get no answersC B And I don't get no changeC B F It's raining in Baltimore, babyC F C But everything else is the same 3. There's things I remember and things I forget I miss you I guess that I should Three thousand five hundred miles away But what would you change if you could? I need a phone call Maybe I should buy a new car I can always hear a freight train If I listen real hard And I wish it was a small world Because I'm lonely for the big towns I'd like to hear a little guitar I think it's time to put the top down R: I need a phone call I need a raincoat