Long-distance operator
Place this call, it's not for fun
Long-distance operator
Please, place this call, you know it's not for fun
I gotta give a message to my baby
You know, she's not just anyone.
Place this call, it's not for fun
Long-distance operator
Please, place this call, you know it's not for fun
I gotta give 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
Ev'rybody wants to make a long-distance call
But you know they're just gonna have to wait.
Thousands at the gate
There are thousands in the phone booth
Thousands at the gate
Ev'rybody wants to make a long-distance call
But you know they're just gonna have to wait.
If a call comes from Louisiana
Please, let it rise
If a call comes from Louisiana
Please, let it rise
This phone booth's on fire
It's getting hot inside.
Please, let it rise
If a call comes from Louisiana
Please, let it rise
This phone booth's on fire
It's getting hot inside.
Ev'rybody wants to be my friend
But nobody wants to get higher
Ev'rybody wants to be my friend
But nobody wants to get higher
Long-distance operator
I believe I'm stranglin' on this telephone wire.
But nobody wants to get higher
Ev'rybody wants to be my friend
But nobody wants to get higher
Long-distance operator
I believe I'm stranglin' on this telephone wire.
The Basement Tapes
- Odds And Ends
- Orange Juice Blues (Blues..
- Million Dollar Bash
- Yazoo Street Scandal
- Goin To Acapulco
- Katie's Been Gone
- Lo And Behold
- Bessie Smith
- Clothes Line Saga
- Apple Suckling Tree
- Please Mrs Henry
- Tears Of Rage
- Too Much Of Nothing
- Yea Heavy And A Bottle Of..
- Crash On The Levee Down I..
- Ruben Remus
- Tiny Montgomery
- You Aint Goin Nowhere
- Dont Ya Tell Henry
- Nothing Was Delivered
- Open The Door, Homer
- LongDistance Operator
- This Wheels On Fire