Operator (that's Not The Way It Feels) Lyrics - Photographs & Memories - Jim Croce

Operator, well could 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 

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 

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Operator, well could you help me place this call 

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 

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, well let's forget about this call 

No one there I really wanted to talk to 

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