Long Distance Operator

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 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, but, you know, they're just gonna have to wait.

Everybody wants to be my friend, but nobody wants to get higher,
Everybody wants to be my friend, but nobody wants to get higher,
Long distance operator, I believe I'm strangling in this telephone wire.