How awesome is the ending to this song? There’s the dial tone that just kinda hangs out behind the “I’m sorry…” part, and then the operator’s voice comes in at the end. “If you’d like to make a call, please hang up and try again. If you need help, please hang up and dial your operator.” HEAVY! I think the whole dialtone thing is a killer idea for use in a song, and I can’t believe no one else has used it. (On second thought, someone probably has… I just don’t know of it…)
This song was always one of my least favorite on the album, but I still really like it. Like so many great country songs, it’s about break-ups, bars, and fighting. Of course, there’s more to it than, say, “Shakedown on 9th Street.” Oh, and have you noticed how similar it sounds to a certain single off of Easy Tiger? It seriously sounds like “Two” right around 1:48! Go ahead, listen!
Not sure if you are kidding. I think the dial tone has been done in several songs. Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door (by Guns N Roses) comes to mind, as does Let’s Go Get Stoned by Sublime and a bunch others.
That said, I Iove this song, it is one of my favorites. I love the irony, the lyric “I didn’t feed you to the cops. When I threw that drink in that guys face it was just to piss you off.”