Way Too Many Calls

This is another team meeting song, but a sad one, rather than my usual high-speed silly ones. Also, it's sung falsetto, except for the "bom" bits, which are sung at the bottom of my range.

I sang this at the October '96 SWiGGLe, and it appeared to go down very well.

I believe it's my own tune...

This one's on my tape.

(Bom, bom bom bom bom, bom bom bom bom...)

We got way too many calls that are over fourteen days old,
We got way too many calls, languishing, left out in the cold,

What are they
a-waitin' for
as who-when-next and actions slip away?

an' who are we
dependent on
for managing to close a call today?
We got way too many calls that are over fourteen days old,

(-, bom bom bom bom, bom bom bom bom...)

We got escalated calls that are proving a burden to bear
We got escalated calls languishing, the resource just ain't there.

How are we
supposed to fix
the problem when the customer's away?

an' yet he wants
a working patch
to turn up in his pigeon hole today;
We got escalated calls that are proving a burden to bear.

(-, bom bom bom bom, bom bom bom bom...)

We got way too many calls where for weeks now there's nothing been done,
We got way too many calls, languishing since they were begun.

Short of time
or short of will;
frittering productive time away,

Why do we
procrastinate
putting off what we should close today?
We got way too many calls where for weeks now there's nothing been done,

(-, bom bom bom bom, bom bom bom bom...)