Sylvias 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
Some 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 it'll be starting to rain
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
Goodbye
Goodbye
Goodbye
Goodbye