Operator
Uh, uh?
Wait a minute
You ever drop your last dime in a public phone?
Have it keep your dime not even give you a tone?
And you beat that silly contraption with your fist
Till it comes off the wall
Or did you ever place a call
To Saint Louis direct
And get the Civil Defense in Connecticut
And operators say
"Well, ain't that the number you called"
And my phone bill that's wrong
About half the time
And I always get this operator on the line
And she says
"Well, mister Reed
You just called this place on your phone"
And I say, Lady, look
I don't know
A soul living in Tokyo
And the only way I can pay this phone bill
Is when I mortgage my home"
Well, you can find them in every home
This thing called the telephone
It's the ultimate
In modern day design
When it ain't out of order
Then the number's been changed
Or it's disconnected
Or it just won't ring
Why, it's enough to drive a sane man
Clean out of his mind
Operator
Uh, uh?
Well, listen
You, oh, you
Did you ever place a call on a hectic day
And you couldn't understand a word nobody had to say
And you keep trying to get your operator
To come back on the line, huh?
You stand there and you click that lever
Till your face turns blue
And finally she comes butting in on you
And she says, "Your three minutes are up
You're out of time"
Now I've had to stumble through the house
Without a light
To get to the phone
In the middle of the night
And I stumble over every stick of furniture in the house
Just getting there
So with a skinned shin
And a busted toe I grab the phone
And I say a hello and all I get is
"Ah, ah, ah" in my ear
Well, son
You can find them in every home
This thing called the telephone
It's the ultimate
In modern day design
When it ain't out of order
Then the number's been changed
Or it's disconnected
Or the thing won't ring
Why, it's enough to drive a sane man
Clean out of his mind
Alright this is my last time
With my last dime
Operator
What, huh?
I know
Well, I know that, huh
But uh, uh
Operator
Operator
Well, I know you're sorry
What, huh?
I spent fifteen minutes
I've been dialing home
What?
You, you said that
Oh, wait
Uh, operator
Give me my dime
Will you gimme my dime back?
I gotta go to the bathroom
Listen, what is this?
Oh, nuts