From the recording Lost In Songs
A man tries to telephone his love, but he doesn’t seem to accept that she left him for another almost fifty years ago and in the mean time has died.
Lyrics
I try to call you like I did a long time ago
To say again what I said back then
Hoping your answer will be yes in stead of no
And you'll forget all those other men
But the number I dial always turns to cold
By chasing memories of the past I leave the story untold
Oh, and it's been fifty years
That I'm riding on a highway full of tears
Now you haunt the edges of my imagination
You still look as young as the first time
In my mind we make love through quiet communication
A useless and silly pantomime
In this silence, I hear your voice so clear
In the filthy static and the echoes, you're always near
Oh, yes, it's been fifty years
That I'm riding on a highway full of tears
The ringtone I chose for you, is a song by Adele
Little did I know it turned out to be your death knell
My phone's a time machine, where your voice resides
In the twilight of my days, I hold on
In disconnected tones, I pray love still abides
A feeling that's never truly gone
And maybe one day my soul will find peace
So I keep dialing your number, a ritual I can't cease
Oh, yes, it's been fifty years
That I'm riding on a highway full of tears
As my life's sun begins to set I wait for a reply
Calling on a line that's lost till the day of my last goodbye