Rejected Lines for Jim Croce’s ‘Operator’

  • “Operator, well could you help me find a HoJo’s?”
  • “Operator, well could you help me combine two operands?”
  • “She’s living in New Orlean’ / with TV’s Paula Dean”
  • “There’s something in my eyes, / I think it’s a mosquito or something”
  • “So I can call / just to tell ‘em I’m fine / and to tell them about an exciting offer for term life insurance”
  • “Operator, well could you help me call collect?”
  • “She’s living in Detroi’ / with my best old ex-friend Roy”
  • “Operator, well could you help me find my keys?”
  • “Operator, well could you help me search Facebook?”
  • “She’s living in New York with my best old ex-friend Björk”
  • heavy breathing sounds