Title: OPERATOR (Jim Croce) Operator oh could you help me place this call You see the number on the matchbook 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 CHORUS: Isn't that the way they say it goes | | But lets forget all that | | And give me the number if you can find it | | So I can call just to tell her 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 ( ) There's something in my eye, you know it happens every time ( ) I think about the love that I thought would save me CHORUS () ( ) Operator let's forget about this call ( ) There's no one there I really wanted to talk to Thank you for your time, ( ) Cause you've been so much more than kind You can keep the dime CHORUS