Name: The Call
Duration: P00H04M04S
Description: This here's a honky tonk number about what happens when you get that call you really don't wanna get from YOU-KNOW-WHO

The Call

by The Arkham Hillbilly

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This here's a honky tonk number about what happens when you get that call you really don't wanna get from YOU-KNOW-WHO

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Don’t ask me for my number, I don’t give it out no more
My friends ask me what I even have a cell phone for
I don’t call no one and not a single person can call me
That’s why every time it rings I know just who it’s gonna be

It’s the Call of Cthulhu, and the time is never right
You are either having dinner or it’s the middle of the night
You can leave your phone on silent – that don’t matter, not at all
You’ll still know it when you get the call

Folks ask, “Are you OK? Are you expectin’ bad news?
You look like you bet your life and you found out you’re gonna lose”
I don’t tell ‘em what’s the matter, hell, I don’t even know how
I just say I’m sorry but I gotta take this call right now

It’s the Call of Cthulhu, the connection always sucks
There’s a roar like the engines of a dozen Chevy trucks
But he still thinks you can hear him fine above the caterwaul
That’s another fun thing about the call

Sometimes I think he’s telling me to start some kind of church
But he might just be complaining about all the bootleg merch
Sometimes when he’s been drinkin’ he’ll sing tekeli-li
Sometimes he just hangs up because he butt-dialled me

It’s the Call of Cthulhu, and it has its own ringtone
That sounds like Waylon Jennings has just swallowed your phone
You can get a new provider, you can throw it at the wall
But you still are gonna get the call
You are always gonna get the call

It’s the Call of Cthulhu, it might just last all day
And the charges are expensive on collect calls from R’lyeh
You can tell him that you’re drivin’ or you’re in the shower stall
He’s still gonna make you take the call
You always have to take the call

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released April 2, 2021
The Arkham Hillbilly - Vocals and Acoustic Guitar
Floozy Sirth - Piano
Colonel Hartley - Production

Lyrics and music by Darcy Sullivan

(C) 2021 Darcy Sullivan

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The Arkham Hillbilly London, UK

Straight outta the Miskatonic Valley, I travel the west with my six-string in one hand and the Necronomicon in the other. With my band The Nashville Shamblers, I sing eldritch country songs. Official Member - Grand Ole Ones Opry!

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