Long Distance Operator

Long-distance operator
Place this call, it's not for fun
Long-distance operator
Place this call, it's not for fun
I gotta get a message to my baby
You know, she's not just anyone

There are thousands in the phone booth
Thousands at the gate
There are thousands in the phone booth
Thousands at the gate
Everybody wants to make a long-distance call tonight
But everybody just a-gonna have to wait

She don't need no shotgun
Blades are not her style
She don't need no shotgun
Blades are not her style
She can poison you with her eyes
She can kill you with her smiles

If a call comes from Louisiana
Please, let it ride
If a call comes from Louisiana
Please, let it ride
This phone booth's on fire
It's getting hot inside

Everybody wants to be my friend
But nobody wants to be a liar
Everybody wants to be my friend
Nobody wants to get higher
Long-distance operator
I believe I'm stranglin' on this telephone wire

Copyright © 1971 by Dwarf Music; renewed 1999 by Dwarf Music

This version Berkley, CA 1965-12-04

Transcription by LTA