Payphone Lyrics

[Post-Chorus: Adam Levine & Wiz Khalifa]
If happy-ever-after's did exist
I would still be holdin' you like this

And all those fairytales are full of shit
One more fuckin' love song, I'll be sick (Yeah, uh)

Now, I'm at a payphone

[Verse 3: Wiz Khalifa & Adam Levine]
Man, fuck that shit
I'll be out spendin' all this money while you're sittin' 'round
Wondering why it wasn't you who came up from nothin'
Made it from the bottom, now when you see me, I'm stuntin'
And all of my cars start with the push of a button
Telling me I changed since I blew up or whatever you call it
Switched the number to my phone so you never could call it
Don't need my name on my shirt, you can tell that I'm ballin'
Swish, what a shame, coulda got picked
Had a really good game, but you missed your last shot
So you talk about who you see at the top
Or what you could've saw, but sad to say it's over for
Phantom pulled up, valet open doors
Wished I'd go away, got what you was looking for
Now it's me who they want

So you can go and take that little piece of shit with you (Yeah)

[Chorus: Adam Levine]
I'm at a payphone, tryin' to call home
All of my change I spent on you (Woo)
Where have the times gone? Baby, it's all wrong (Yeah)
Where are the plans we made for two? (Yeah)

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“Payphone” is a song by Maroon 5, featuring guest vocals from American rapper Wiz Khalifa. It was released as the lead single from their fourth studio album, Overexposed. The song marks their first collaboration together.

Lyrically, the song is a love story with no happy ending. Adam is really pessimistic about his empty life now that his relationship has ended.

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Recorded At
Conway Studios, Hollywood, CA
Release Date
April 16, 2012
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