Album: Time In A Bottle

Operator (That's Not The Way It Feels)

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 (or Greg...?).
The guy she said she knew well, and sometimes hated.

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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 shooow-u-oh,
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.

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Operator; well could you help me place this call?
Cause I can't read the number that you just gave me.
There's something in my eyes;
You know it happens every time;
To think about a love
That I thought would save me.

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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;
Oh, you have so much more than kind;
You can keep the dine.

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