I love these old threads! I'm finding songs I never heard of!

Here's an article about Paul Evans.

Lyrics found at Lachlan Cranswick's Hard to Find Songs:

HELLO THIS IS JOANNIE (THE TELEPHONE ANSWERING MACHINE SONG)
by Paul Evans (Spring 1978)

Hello, this is Joannie
I'm sorry that I'm not home
But if you leave me your name and number
I promise soon as I get in I'll phone

Joannie came over to my house last night
Drank a little too much red and we got into a fight
She said "I'm leaving" and I let her go alone
I felt so damn bad this morning I reached right for the phone
And called her right away
To beg her to forgive
The phone rang once, the phone rang twice
And then I heard her say

Hello, this is Joannie
I'm sorry that I'm not home
But if you leave me your name and number
I promise soon as I get in I'll phone

"Joannie I'm sorry and I feeling oh so small"
That was the message I left and I waited for her call
I waited with a sinking feeling in my heart
Not knowing if she'd forgive me was tearing me apart
I couldn't go on this way
I had to call again
The phone rang once, the phone rang twice
And then I heard her say

Hello, this is Joannie
(Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh)
I'm sorry that I'm not home
But if you leave me your name and number
(Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh)
I promise soon as I get in I'll phone

My phone rang and my heart sang my baby's called at last
Instead it was a friend who said that Joannie's car had crashed
I never should have let her drive alone angry from my place
I'd never hold her again and kiss that funny face
But still there was a way to hear her voice again
The phone rang once, the phone rang twice
And then I heard her say

Hello, this is Joannie
I'm sorry that I'm not home
(I'm so sorry Joannie)
If you leave me your name and number
I promise soon as I get in I'll phone
(Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh)

Hello, this is Joannie
(Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh)
I'm sorry that I'm not home
But if you leave me your name and number
(Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh)
I promise soon as I get in I'll phone