The Volunteer (Oh! Operator)

She said we need one more volunteer
Do you mind sir
I've got a seat for you
Right up here
Come talk to me a while
She said I've been a stewardess now for two long years
What is it you do
As I stared into those deep blue
Eyes I knew

Then I decided to engage
Knowing every word could
Break my heart
Sitting in my car as I watched her fly away
Oh operator I never got her name
Please don't tell me
It's too late
I've just one more thing
To say

So where do I begin
Oh he just turned ten years old
He's waiting back at home
With the first of two divorces
How he's grown
I know it might sound crazy
But I swear I'm not that cold
It's life in hospitals
When the plane touched down
It's back to work again

Unbuckle your seatbelts
Single file down the aisle
Wave goodbye
It's been a long flight
Oh shit well I didn't know
That I'd feel this way
Walking through the terminal gates
Close my eyes
it's been a long flight
Say goodbye and she's gone again

Then I decided to engage
Knowing every word could
Break my heart
Sitting in my car
As I watched her fly away
Oh operator I never got her name
Please don't tell me it's too late
I've just one more thing to say

Oh operator don't
Don't let me down
Oh operator

So I decided to engage
Knowing every word could
Break my heart
Sitting in my car
As I watched her fly away
Oh operator I never got her name
Please don't tell me it's too late
I've just one more thing

So I decided to engage
Knowing every word could
Break my heart
Sitting in my car
As I watched her fly away
Oh operator I never got her name
Please don't tell me it's too late
I've just one more thing to say