The Grateful Dead
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The Grateful Dead
The Grateful Dead
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The Grateful Dead
[Intro]
- "Operator"
- Hey Pigpen, let's do "Operator"
- Where's that cappo? Where's that cap?
- Are we rollin'?
- Okay, let's start
[Verse 1]
Operator, can you help me?
Help me if you please
Give me the right area code
And the number that I need
My rider left upon the midnight flyer
Singing like a summer breeze
I think she's somewhere down South
Down about Baton Rouge
But I just can't remember a number
A number I can use
Directory don't have it, central forgot it
Gotta find a number to use
[Verse 2]
Trying to check out her number
Trying to run down her line
Operator said that's privileged information
And it ain't no business of mine
It's flooding in Texas, lines are down in Utah
Got to find a private line
She could be hanging round the steel mill
Working in a house of blue lights
Riding a getaway bus out of Portland
Talking to the night
I don't care where she's going, I don't know where she's been
I hope she's been doing it right
[Outro]
- Don't you wanna do a harmonica out? Wouldn't you like to do a harmonica out?
- Yeah. I can't do it now
- Okay
- But, you know, I...
Operator (Demo) was written by Ron “Pigpen” McKernan.
Operator (Demo) was produced by The Grateful Dead.
The Grateful Dead released Operator (Demo) on Thu Oct 15 2020.