[00:00.00]Operator [00:08.40]- Jim Croce [00:15.40] [00:17.00]Operator [00:19.00]Oh could you help [00:20.05]me place this call? [00:23.19]You see the number [00:24.41]on the matchbook [00:26.09]is old and faded [00:28.18] [00:30.76]She's livin' in L.A. [00:33.64]With my best old ex-friend Ray [00:38.60]A guy she said she knew well [00:40.96]and sometimes hated [00:43.52] [00:45.86]Isn't that the way [00:48.17]they say it goes? [00:50.66]But let's forget all that [00:52.61]And give me the number [00:54.56]if you can find it [00:56.43]So I can call just [00:58.25]to tell 'em I'm fine and to show [01:02.36]I've overcome the blow [01:04.64]I've learned to take it well [01:06.19]I only wish my words [01:08.07]could just convince myself [01:09.92]that it just wasn't real [01:13.29]But that's not the way it feels [01:15.71] [01:23.92]Operator [01:25.66]Oh could you help me [01:26.96]place this call? [01:30.30]'Cause I can't read the number [01:32.74]that you just gave me [01:35.11] [01:37.87]There's something in my eyes [01:40.50]You know it happens every time [01:45.08]I think about the love [01:47.19]That I thought would save me [01:49.49] [01:52.41]Isn't that the way [01:54.45]they say it goes? [01:57.09]But let's forget all that [01:59.17]And give me the number [02:01.22]if you can find it [02:03.05]So I can call just [02:04.97]to tell 'em I'm fine and to show [02:09.01]I've overcome the blow [02:11.07]I've learned to take it well [02:12.67]I only wish my words [02:14.52]could just convince myself [02:16.57]that it just wasn't real [02:19.67]But that's not the way it feels [02:21.91] [02:23.71]No, no, no, no [02:27.34]That's not the way it feels [02:29.09] [02:30.12]Operator [02:32.03]Oh let's forget [02:33.06]about this call [02:36.69]There's no one there [02:37.90]I really wanted to talk to [02:40.00] [02:44.09]Thank you for your time [02:46.81]Oh you've been so much [02:48.60]more than kind [02:51.22]You can keep the dime [02:53.27] [02:58.70]Isn't that the way [03:00.72]they say it goes? [03:03.17]But let's forget all that [03:05.21]And give me the number [03:07.40]if you can find it [03:09.08]So I can call just [03:10.82]to tell 'em I'm fine and to show [03:15.37]I've overcome the blow [03:17.22]I've learned to take it well [03:19.10]I only wish my words [03:20.77]could just convince myself [03:22.85]that it just wasn't real [03:25.94]But that's not the way it feels [03:28.14]