Can't you hear me talking to you?

I'm callin' you one more time

All-night operator, dial me a better line

Can't you hear me talkin' 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 unrestin'

I count 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 dreamin'

I see through your eyes

A switchboard breathin'

A diary of crossed lines

Can't you hear me talkin' to you?

I'm callin' you one more time

All-night operator, dial me better line

If you feel me driftin' away

Slippin' into my song

All-night operator, all of a sudden gone