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 give 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
  Ev'rybody 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 rise
  If a call comes from Louisiana
  Please, let it rise
  This phone booth's on fire
  It's getting hot inside.
    Ev'rybody 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.