Operator, number please, it's been so many years She'll remember my old voice while I fight the tears Hello, hello there is this Martha, This is ol' Tom Frost Now I'm calling long distance don't worry 'bout the cost It's been twenty years or more now Martha please recall And meet me out for coffee where we'll talk about it all And... those were days of roses of poetry and prose And Martha all I had was you and all you had was me There was no tomorrow We packed away our sorrows and saved 'em for a rainy day and I remember quiet evenings trembling close to you I feel so much older now, you're much older too How's the husband, and how's the kids, you know I got married too Lucky that you found someone who makes you feel secure We were all so young and foolish, now we are mature I was always so impulsive, guess that I still am But all that really mattered then was that I was a man Guess that our bein' together was never meant to be But, Martha, Martha, I love you, can't you see and...