(somebody...)
Told her that there was a place like heaven
Across the water on a 747
Yeah, were living in
In a modern world.

And pretty soon shes really got the notion
Of flying out across the big blue ocean
Yeah, were living in
In a modern world.

Talk is cheap on satellite
But all I get is (static!)
Information, Im still here
Re-dial on automatic.

Chorus:
Calling america (cant get a message through)
Calling america (thats what she said to do)
Calling america (thats where she has to be)
Calling america (she left a number for me)
Calling america.

But Im just talking to a satellite
Twenty thousand miles up in the sky each night
Yeah, were living in
In a modern world.

All I had to do was pick up the phone
Im out in space, trying to talk to someone
Yeah, were living in
In a modern world.

She left a number I could call
But no ones there, no one at all
There must be something going wrong
That number just rings on and on.

Repeat chorus

Said shed call when shed been gone a while
Guess shes missing me across the miles
Yeah, were living in
In a modern world.

Repeat chorus

Calling america, calling america
Calling america, calling america...