Lyrics
Verse 1:
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 let's forget all that, and give me the number, if you can find it, so I can call just to tell them 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.
Verse 2:
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 eyes, you know it happens every time, I think about the love that I thought would save me.
Chorus:
Isn't that the way they say it goes?
But let's forget all that, and give me the number, if you can find it, so I can call just to tell them 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.
Verse 3:
Operator, oh, could you help me place this call?
There's no one there I really wanted to talk to.
Thank you for your time, Oh, you've been so much more than kind, you can keep the dime.
Chorus:
Isn't that the way they say it goes?
But let's forget all that, and give me the number, if you can find it, so I can call just to tell them 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.
