Radio Friends

Intro

(Sound of radio static and tuning)

Ah-ah-ah-ah

Click

Hsssss...

(Tuning dial)

"There's a station on the air"

Mm-hmm

Verse 1

Flicked the dial on my battered old box

Looking for some company at quarter to twelve

Got a preacher selling salvation and socks

A sports guy screaming from second shelf

Turned the knob past the cricket match

Somebody playing a sad accordion

Landed on a voice that made my heart catch

Said "Shalom, friend, this is Radio Zion"

Pre-Chorus

He said we got hummus recipes and traffic reports

Cab driver jokes and a weather man who snores

Every night at nine when the dial locks in

I got my radio friends on the airwaves again

Chorus

Radio friends radio friends

Talking to me through the static and the wind

Radio friends radio friends

They know my name even though we've never been

In the same room same street same town

But they keep my lonely heart from falling down

Radio friends radio friends

Post-Chorus

(Beep beep boop beep beep)

(Ch-ch-ch-ch-checking in)

Oh-oh oh-oh-oh-oh

Radio friends

Verse 2

Old Miriam reads the news at ten

Her voice like honey from a Tel Aviv jar

She tells me about the price of benzine

And I feel like I know her from afar

Then comes the talk-back hour with Yossi

Callers complaining about the buses and rain

Last week I called in about my lost kitty

He dedicated a song to my little pain

Pre-Chorus

He said we got klezmer classics and market reports

A woman who yodels about her ex-husband's shorts

Every night at nine when the dial locks in

I got my radio friends on the airwaves again

Chorus

Radio friends radio friends

Talking to me through the static and the wind

Radio friends radio friends

They know my name even though we've never been

In the same room same street same town

But they keep my lonely heart from falling down

Radio friends radio friends

Post-Chorus

(Beep beep boop beep beep)

(Ch-ch-ch-ch-checking in)

Oh-oh oh-oh-oh-oh

Radio friends

Bridge

They say you should never meet your heroes

But me I just want to meet my voices

Buy Miriam a falafel buy Yossi a beer

Tell them thank you for the hours I hear

I live alone with a cactus plant

My cable's out my TV won't chant

But the little red light on my radio glows

And that's the closest thing to family I know

Instrumental Break

(Beep boop beep boop beep boop beep)

Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah

Verse 3

Well the antenna's bent and the speaker's cracked

But the signal comes through like a steady friend

Nights are long when the walls attack

But the dial keeps turning till the very end

Maybe I'm silly maybe I'm strange

A grown man talking to a box of parts

But when Yossi reads my birthday note on the exchange

He says "Happy birthday to a friend of our hearts"

Pre-Chorus

He said we got candle safety and sewing tips

A man who whistles with his dripping lips

Every night at nine when the dial locks in

I got my radio friends on the airwaves again

Chorus

Radio friends radio friends

Talking to me through the static and the wind

Radio friends radio friends

They know my name even though we've never been

In the same room same street same town

But they keep my lonely heart from falling down

Radio friends radio friends

Post-Chorus

(Beep beep boop beep beep)

(Ch-ch-ch-ch-checking in)

Oh-oh oh-oh-oh-oh

Radio friends

Outro

Radio friends

(Radio friends)

Radio friends

(Radio friends)

Same time tomorrow

Same place on the dial

(Radio friends)

Beep boop

Click

Hsssss...

Goodnight