SEARCH HERE: BROWSE 409412 LYRICS BY ARTIST/BAND NAME: #A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z SITE MENU Last Updates Request Lyrics Submit / Correct Popularity Charts VISITORS Login / Register Your Thoughts My Playlists [ More They Might Be Giants lyrics ] add to playlist     see a mistake?    comment Artist/Band: They Might Be Giants Lyrics for Song: Operators Are Standing By Lyrics for Album: Long Tall Weekend [1999] Operators are standing by Smoking cigarettes and drinking coffee Bounce their shoes at the end of their feet And wish they could go home Operators are standing by Poking holes in the ceiling tiles Making jokes about their old boyfriends and Days gone by Operators are standing by Talking about their portrayal On the TV where an actress sits With a headset in outer space That's enough talking, ladies Operators are standing by Smoking cigarettes and drinking coffee Pass 'round a picture of a mobius strip And wish they could go home Album Lyrics: Long Tall Weekend [1999] They Might Be Giants "Long Tall Weekend [1999]" 1. Drinkin' 2. Maybe I Know 3. Rat Patrol 4. Token Back to Brooklyn 5. Operators Are Standing By 6. Dark and Metric 7. Reprehensible 8. Certain People I Could Name 9. Counterfeit Faker 10. They Got Lost 11. Lullabye to Nightmares 12. On Earth My Nina