Operator, oh could you help me place this call?
 
 You see the number on the match box is old and faded
 
 She's living in L.A. with my best old ex-friend Ray
 
 A guy she said she knew well but sometimes hated
 
  
  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 her I'm fine
 
 And to show
 
 I overcome the blow
 
 I 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, 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 eye
 
 You know it happens everytime
 
 I think about the love that I thought would save me
  
 
 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 her I'm fine
 
 And to show
 
 I overcome the blow
 
 I 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, lets forget about this call
 
 There's no one there I really wanted to talk to
 
 Thank you for your time
 
 You've been so much more then kind
  
 
 You can keep the dime
  
 
 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 her I'm fine
 
 And to show
 
 I overcome the blow
 
 I 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