and of course: the 45 is the gun. The open telephone is Nancy having dialed the number of her friends. She lies on the bed - her friends talking to her through the telephone, trying to prvent her from pulling the trigger... and es we learn from verse4 she decided to pull, decided not to listen to pe...

a little late... I ve listened to the song now for about >30 years. And from the beginning on I see a young girl who is alone. Being up late at night looking a senseless distant tv show with a useless glass jewel in her hands with empty eyes. My impression is the answer is included in verse 3 when N...