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 & fade):  
 I wanna talk to that long gone lover of mine