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Emma Josephine, "Telephone Calls"
5/22/2026 | 3m 9sVideo has Closed Captions
Emma Josephine plays "Telephone Calls".
Emma Josephine is an emerging and talented singer/songwriter who is captivated by the nostalgia of her own life growing up in Minnesota. Her melodies bring her creatively crafted lyrics to life and leave the listener with a sense of hometown warmth and reminiscing. Listen as she performs "Telephone Calls".
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Prairie Public Shorts is a local public television program presented by Prairie Public
Prairie Public Shorts
Emma Josephine, "Telephone Calls"
5/22/2026 | 3m 9sVideo has Closed Captions
Emma Josephine is an emerging and talented singer/songwriter who is captivated by the nostalgia of her own life growing up in Minnesota. Her melodies bring her creatively crafted lyrics to life and leave the listener with a sense of hometown warmth and reminiscing. Listen as she performs "Telephone Calls".
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship(introductory guitar music) ♪ I drive home on a Friday ♪ ♪ Hardly awake and the traffic is bad ♪ ♪ They cut down the tree by my driveway ♪ ♪ The weeping willow looked a little too sad ♪ ♪ Now they're growing grass where I used to park ♪ ♪ And they painted the kitchen walls ♪ ♪ And I hate that the closest I've come to this place ♪ ♪ All year, has been telephone calls ♪ ♪ I'm getting lost on my own street ♪ ♪ The one I used to run down with my bare feet ♪ ♪ I've been gone for too long ♪ ♪ I wish growing up didn't feel so wrong ♪ ♪ I keep my memories in boxes ♪ ♪ They're filled with letters written by hand ♪ ♪ And photographs of how it used to be ♪ ♪ When I was too young to understand ♪ ♪ And now I sleep in the extra bed ♪ ♪ And my brothers have gotten tall ♪ ♪ And I hate that the closest I've come to this place ♪ ♪ All year, has been telephone calls ♪ ♪ I'm getting lost on my own street ♪ ♪ The one I used to run down with my bare feet ♪ ♪ I've been gone for too long ♪ ♪ I wish growing up didn't feel so wrong ♪ ♪ And I don't think that anything's the same ♪ ♪ But it feels like nothing's changed at all ♪ ♪ When I drive home on Monday ♪ ♪ Don't forget to call ♪ ♪ I'm getting lost on my own street ♪ ♪ The one I used to run down with my bare feet ♪ ♪ I've been gone for too long ♪ ♪ I wish growing up didn't feel so wrong ♪ - [Announcer] Funded by the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund with money from the vote of the people of Minnesota on November 4th, 2008, and by the members of Prairie Public.
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