- published: 11 Dec 2008
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A call box or callbox is a (usually metal) box containing a special-purpose direct line telephone or other telecommunications device, which has been used by various industries and institutions as a way for employees or clients at a remote location to contact a central dispatch office.
Some taxi companies used callboxes before the introduction of two-way radio dispatching, as a way for drivers to report to the dispatch office and receive customer requests for service. Taxi callboxes would be located at taxi stands, where taxis would queue for trips.
Also before the introduction of two-way radios, some police agencies installed callboxes or "police boxes" at street locations as a way for beat officers to report to their dispatch office. Before the development of emergency telephone numbers and the proliferation of mobile phones, some firefighting agencies installed callboxes at various street locations, so that a pedestrian or driver spotting a fire could quickly report it.
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Every move you make is wrong
Another bump on a road that is long
You fight back again
Try harder my friend
And may i ask you why
Do you try
It hurts to watch you
And i know how it feels
It kills to watch you fail
Everything boils down to one wrong move
Never makes sense and then you lose
Again you fall
Lose it all
You try again
and then my friend
You fail again
And you fall on down again
Failure is your best known friend
You try hard but you lose
(I really got to give it to you)
Yet you refuse to give in
(But I Won't)
Give it all up and go on home
Nobody will care you'll be left alone
Just leave here now and go on home
And may i ask you why
Do you try
It hurts to watch you
And i know how it feels
It kills to watch you fail
Everything boils down to one wrong move
Never makes sense and then you lose
Again you fall
Lose it all
You try again
and then my friend
You fail again
So as you fall
does it hurt
So as you fail
does it burn
to learn that no one wants you
So leave here
Go on home and be all alone
And may i ask you why
Do you try
It hurts to watch you
And i know how it feels
It kills to watch you fail
Everything boils down to one wrong move
Never makes sense and then you lose
Again you fall
Lose it all
You try again
and then my friend
You fail again
So as you fall
does it hurt
So as you fail
does it burn
to learn that no one wants you
So leave here