Sitting in the office
Sitting in your chair
The temporary positions
Friends that disappear

Call a toll-free number
Voicemail message clear
You might need some assistance
Sorry, no one's there

You said
You said
You caught me
In the middle of a bad time again

Meaning you are living
Leaving you alive
Like everybody else
In the middle of a bad time

Who's that call waiting
On the telephone line
And new friends can get fragile
Scrambling for time with you
A bad time

Bad time

How long I've been waiting
And collecting calls
Yeah don't you want to know
You got lots of messages from
All over town
Some of them know you
But most of them are just business as usual

You said
You said
You caught me
In the middle of a bad time

What's the point of trying
To begin again
Or even finding out
In the middle of a bad time

Who gonna help you
When the elevator door jams
When all you've got are contracts
Couldn't give a damn
About you

A bad time
Bad time
Middle of a bad time