Operator (That`s Not The Way It Feels) — текст песни (Jim Croce)

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 Im fine and to show
I`ve overcome the blow, Ive 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 Im fine and to show
I`ve overcome the blow, Ive 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 Im fine and to show
I`ve overcome the blow, Ive 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.