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. If a call comes from Louisiana Please let it ride. If the call comes from Louisiana Please let it ride. This phone booth’s on fire It’s getting hot inside. Everybody 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.