Operator

Written by：James Croce

Operator would you help me place this call

See the number on the match book is old and faded

She's living in L.A

With my best old ex-friend Ray

A guy she said she knew well and sometimes hated

Isn't that the way they say it goes

Let's forget all that

And give me the number if you can find it

So I can call just to tell 'em

I'm fine and to show

I've overcome the blow

I've learned to take it well

I only wish my words

Could just convince myself

That it just wasn't real

But that's not the way it feels

Operator would you help me place this call

I can't read the number

That you just gave me

There's something in my eyes

Oh it happens every time

I think about the love

That I thought would save me

Isn't that the way they say it goes

Let's forget all that

And give me the number if you can find it

So I can call just to tell 'em

I'm fine and to show

I've overcome the blow

I've learned to take it well

I only wish my words

Could just convince myself

That it just wasn't real

But that's not the way it feels

Operator let's forget about this call

There's no one there I really wanted to talk to

Thank you for your time

Ah you've been so much more than kind

You keep the dime

Isn't that the way they say it goes

Let's forget all that

And give me the number if you can find it

So I can call just to tell 'em

I'm fine and to show

I've overcome the blow

I've learned to take it well

I only wish my words

Could just convince myself

That it just wasn't real

But that's not the way it feels

That's not the way it feels

That's not the way it feels

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