Operator (50th Anniversary Edition)

Operator (50th Anniversary Edition) - Jim Croce

Lyrics by：JAMES J CROCE

Composed by：JAMES J CROCE

Operator oh could you help me place this call

See the number on the matchbook is old and faded

She's living in LA

With my best old ex-friend Ray

Guy she said she knew well and sometimes hated

Isn't that the way they say it goes

Well 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 oh could you help me place this call

'Cause I can't read the number that you just gave me

Something in my eyes

You know it happens every time

I think about a love that I thought would save me

Isn't that the way they say it goes

Well 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 no no no no

That's not the way it feels

Operator oh let's forget about this call

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

So thank you for your time

Ah you've been so much more than kind

You can keep the dime

Isn't that the way they say it goes

Well 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