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've just got
to talk to her
I'll only keep
her awhile
Please Mrs Avery
I just want to tell
her goodbye
Sylvia's mother says
Sylvia's packing
she's gon' be
leaving today
Sylvia's mother says
Sylvia's marrying
a fellow 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've just got
to talk to her
I'll only keep
her a while
Please Mrs Avery
I just want to
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
'cos Sylvie 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've just got to
talk to her
I'll only keep
her awhile
Please Mrs Avery
I just want to
tell her goodbye
Tell her goodbye
Tell her goodbye