All Night Operator

Can’t you hear me talking to you?

I’m calling you one more time

All night operator

Dial me a better line

Can’t you hear me talking to you?

Do telephones make you cry?

I try to write letters

Only my pen runs dry

Though my words sound so confused

The feeling is running strong

Stick tight operator

Help me to pass it on

A final connection

A bridge before the fall

Receiver unresting

I’m counting on your call

Am I just a number to you

A handful of empty sighs?

All night operator

Reader between the lies

With half the world dreaming

I see through your eyes

A switchboard breathing

A diary of crossed lines

Can’t you hear me talking to you?

I’m calling you one more time

All night operator

Dial me a better line

If you feel me drifting away

Slipping into my song

All night operator

All of a sudden, gone