Jim Croce Operator (thats Not The Way It Feels) Lyrics

Operator (thats Not The Way It Feels) Lyrics

Operator, well could you help me place this call?
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.

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, well could you help me place this
call?
Well, 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 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, well let's forget about
this call --
There's no one there I really wanted to talk to.
Thank you
for your time, ah, you've been so much more than kind.
And 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.
No, no, no, no -- that's
not the way it feels.