Operator (50th Anniversary Edition)-Jim Croce

[ti:Operator (50th Anniversary Edition)] [ar:Jim Croce] [al:Demo Tapes (50th Anniversary Edition)] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.27]Operator (50th Anniversary Edition) - Jim Croce [00:01.53]Lyrics by：JAMES J CROCE [00:02.34]Composed by：JAMES J CROCE [00:16.44]Operator oh could you help me place this call [00:22.63]See the number on the matchbook is old and faded [00:29.71]She's living in LA [00:32.35]With my best old ex-friend Ray [00:36.75]Guy she said she knew well and sometimes hated [00:43.87]Isn't that the way they say it goes [00:48.35]Well let's forget all that [00:50.49]And give me the number if you can find it [00:54.08]So I can call just to tell 'em I'm fine [00:57.65]And to show I've overcome the blow [01:02.11]I've learned to take it well [01:03.62]I only wish my words could just convince myself [01:07.36]That it just wasn't real [01:10.49]But that's not the way it feels [01:20.85]Operator oh could you help me place this call [01:26.87]'Cause I can't read the number that you just gave me [01:34.30]Something in my eyes [01:36.89]You know it happens every time [01:41.72]I think about a love that I thought would save me [01:48.62]Isn't that the way they say it goes [01:52.98]Well let's forget all that [01:55.14]And give me the number if you can find it [01:58.78]So I can call just to tell 'em I'm fine [02:02.14]And to show I've overcome the blow [02:06.75]I've learned to take it well [02:08.18]I only wish my words could just convince myself [02:12.02]That it just wasn't real [02:15.23]But that's not the way it feels no no no no [02:22.78]That's not the way it feels [02:25.34]Operator oh let's forget about this call [02:31.70]There's no one there I really wanted to talk to [02:38.68]So thank you for your time [02:41.36]Ah you've been so much more than kind [02:46.48]You can keep the dime [02:53.01]Isn't that the way they say it goes [02:57.45]Well let's forget all that [02:59.65]And give me the number if you can find it [03:03.18]So I can call just to tell 'em I'm fine [03:06.66]And to show I've overcome the blow [03:11.22]I've learned to take it well [03:12.67]I only wish my words could just convince myself [03:16.35]That it just wasn't real [03:19.58]But that's not the way it feels