Operator, operator, i'm so glad that you rang my phone 
 
 Operator, operator, i'm so glad that you found me home 
 
  
  I can hear my long gone lover 
 
 I've waited such a long long time 
 
 So please, operator 
 
 Put him on the line, i want him on the line 
 
 I want him on the line 
 
 I wanna talk to that long gone lover of mine 
  
 
 Operator, operator, there is static in my line 
 
 Did he say that his love was true? 
 
 Did he say that his love was mine? 
 
 Did he say he was coming home? 
 
 Did he say where he has been? 
 
 I can't hear a word he's saying 
 
 If you keep buttin' in, you keep buttin' in 
 
 You keep buttin' in 
 
 I wanna know if he's comin' home again 
  
 
 It shouldn't take this much time 
 
 To clear my mind, ease my mind 
 
 Oh operator, please get straight 
 
 It's unfair to make me wait any longer 
 
 My curiosity is stronger 
 
 Don't you know that it's wrong, oh so wrong 
  
 
 Operator, operator, this is very strange 
 
 What is the holdup here? Doesn't he have the change 
 
 Oh please operator, if he don't have another dime 
 
 Reverse the charge to me 
 
 Put him on the line, i want him on the line 
 
 I want him on the line 
  
 
 (Repeat and fade)
  
 
 I wanna talk to that long gone lover of mine