Let me tell you something funny
I haven't thought of him in years
Till I opened up a phone book
To a page stained with tears
My baby's got a dead man's number
Even though he's ten years gone

His memory might be fading
Although it's growing dim
When I lie down beside her
Does she still think it's him?
My baby's got a dead man's number
And he's still hangin' on

Ten years with me
There's been no other
I wonder, does she wish
He was her lover?
All the care and the love
That I once gave
He's haunting her memory
From a cold dark grave

Although he can't come back
She's kept him here so long
Tonight may be the night
That he's finally gone
My baby's got a dead man's number
And he's still hangin' on
Ten years with me
There's been no other
I wonder, does she wish
He was her lover?
All the care and the love
That I once gave
He's haunting her memory
From a cold dark grave

I know he can't come back
She's kept him here so long
Tonight may be the night
That he's finally gone
My baby's got a dead man's number
And he's still hangin' on
Whoa, my baby's got a dead man's number
And he's still hangin' on