Sylvia's Mother
Sylvia's mother says Sylvia's busy
Too busy to come to the phone
Sylvia's mother says
Sylvia's trying to start a new life of her own
Sylvia's mother says
Sylvia's happy
So why don't you leave her alone
And the operator says
Forty cents more
For the next three minutes
Please Mrs. Avery
I just gotta talk to her
I'll only keep her a while
Please Mrs. Avery
I just wanna tell her goodbye
Sylvia's mother says
Sylvia's packing
She's gonna be leaving today
Sylvia's mother says
Sylvia's marrying a fella down Galveston Way
Sylvia's mother says
Please don't say nothing
To make her start crying and stay
And the operator says
Forty cents more
For the next three minutes
Please Mrs. Avery
I just gotta talk to her
I'll only keep her a while
Please Mrs. Avery
I just wanna tell her goodbye
Sylvia's mother says
Sylvia's hurrying
She's catching the nine o'clock train
Sylvia's mother says
Take your umbrella
Cause Sylvia it's starting to rain
And Sylvia's mother says
Thank you for calling
And sir won't you call back again
And the operator says
Forty cents more
For the next three minutes
Please Mrs. Avery
I just gotta talk to her
I'll only keep her a while
Please Mrs. Avery
I just wanna tell her goodbye
Tell her goodbye
Please tell her goodbye