143 & 823

Bag of 4 DM's and red receipts We had pay phones, coins, and business treats Clipped a pager on my bell real proud Thought I was a man just to hear it loud You hit me up on a school night late A buzz on my hip saying don't be too late Looking at the screen like a secret clue Little number saying boy, I'm thinking of you What a long text, what a selfie scent Just a coat and a smile and I knew what it meant Baby you been with that one, four, three Old school way to say you still love me Drop that little eight, two, three Let me know you're somewhere thinking about me We can FaceTime snap all that stuff school But I miss feeling like a private copal So if you ever wanna take me back to E Just page my heart With one, four, three and eight, two, three Now it's group chat streaks, I've seen that too Typing bubble showing what you might do Back then all I had was that beep and tone And a payphone hunt if I wasn't there I see that 143 and my chest got tied Trying to find quarters in the truck at 9 dollar number Hear your mama say hello Hang up quick laps off like she don't need to know It was magic in the way, in the mystery Just three little numbers Old school way to say you still love me Drop that little 823 Let me know you're somewhere thinking about me We can text all day on these touchscreen things But I missed it wasn't what it used to mean So if you ever wanna take me back to we Just page my heart With one, four, three and eight, two, three One day our kids gonna ask what's a page of debt I'll say that's how your momma drove your daddy mad Didn't need no filter a couple little numbers saying boy you're all I need so baby get me with that one four three even if it's just a text you send to me type those digits out when you can't sleep let me know my love's still yours to keep yeah the times done changed but the code's still true one five four for love three for you if you ever want to take me back to we just write it out one four three and with a buzz on his hip. Every time you hit me with that old school script.