Jim Croce《 Operator》
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这一毛钱你收着吧。
——《Operator》
歌名:《 Operator》
歌者：Jim Croce
词曲：Jim Croce
流派：乡村
歌曲评分：满分五星，歌词意境、旋律动听程度（包括歌手的演唱是否优美）、情感的丰富性、配乐水平、流行程度等五个方面判断。
学习难度：最容易的为1星，最难为5星。
歌词
Operator
Oh, could you help me place this call?
You see the number on the matchbook
Is old and faded
She's livin' in L. A
With my best old ex-friend Ray
A guy she said she knew well
And sometimes hated
Isn't that the way they say it goes?
But let's forget all that
And give me the number if you can find it
So I can call just to tell 'em
I'm fine and to show I've overcome the blow
I've learned to take it well
I only wish my words could just convince myself
That it just wasn't real
But that's not the way it feels
Operator
Oh. Could you help me place this call?
'Cause I can't read the number
That you just gave me
There's something in my eyes
You know it happens every time
I think about the love
That I thought would save me
Isn't that the way they say it goes?
But let's forget all that
And give me the number if you can find it
So I can call just to tell 'em
I'm fine and to show I've overcome the blow
I've learned to take it well
I only wish my words could just convince myself
That it just wasn't real
But that's not the way it feels
No, no, no, no
That's not the way it feels
Operator
Oh, let's forget about this call
There's no one there I really wanted to talk to
Thank you for your time
Oh, you've been so much more than kind
You can keep the dime
Isn't that the way they say it goes?
But let's forget all that
And give me the number if you can find it
So I can call just to tell 'em
I'm fine and to show I've overcome the blow
I've learned to take it well
I only wish my words could just convince myself
That it just wasn't real
But that's not the way it feels
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多添一点：
今天分享一首Jim Croce 的《 Operator》。
之前我们曾经推过他的《时光宝瓶》，这次带来一首《 Operator》。这首歌曲来自他的专辑《The Lost Recordings》。这首歌在1972年录制并发行。遗憾的是，一年后他就意外去世了。他的歌曲吉他都配的超级好听，喜欢听吉他的伙伴欢迎观摩。
在这首歌中，Jim Croce正在和电话接线员谈论一个前情人的电话号码，想找个方法联系这位过去的她。他告诉接线员，他已经尽了最大的努力继续生活，但仍然忘不了她。
Ingrid Croce与Jim Croce 的婚姻从1966年开始，直到他1973年去世。她描述说：“这首歌是我最喜欢的歌曲之一。我认为这首歌的创作方式很有趣。这首歌可能和Jim的很多歌曲一样，但我认为这首歌能给很多人带来共鸣。我和Jim在1966年结婚，我一直在等他服完兵役。1966年8月，婚礼前一周，他收到了一封信，说他作为国民警卫队的一员将在两周内离开执行任务。他怀着沉重的心情离开。而我父亲病得很重，不久就去世了。我们只能等着……在经历了这么多年的等待后，我想结婚，希望我们能有时间在一起。突然之间，他就成了国民警卫队的一员，他想念美食，想念我，想念整个生活。”
当时Jim相当困窘，电话费都不太容易付得起。在创作包含这首歌的专辑时，身无分文，还在从事建筑工作，他甚至让他的经纪人把这些歌曲卖给其他希望赚点钱的艺术家。
2000年，马丁吉他公司为纪念Jim Croce生产了73把吉他。为了纪念这首歌和最后一句“这一毛钱你收着吧”，每把吉他的第三个指板上都插入了一枚未流通的1973年一角硬币。