Sylvia's Mother 1972 <br /> <br />Sylvia's mother says Sylvia's busy, too busy to come to the phone <br />Sylvia's mother says Sylvia's tryin' to start a new life of her own <br />Sylvia's mother says Sylvia's happy so why don't you leave her alone <br />And the operator says forty cents more for the next three minutes <br /> <br />Please Mrs. Avery, I just gotta talk to her, <br />I'll only keep her a while <br />Please Mrs. Avery, I just wanna tell her goodbye <br /> <br />Sylvia's mother says Sylvia's packin' she's gonna be leavin' today <br />Sylvia's mother says Sylvia's marryin' a fella down Galveston way <br />Sylvia's mother says please don't say nothin' to make her start cryin' and stay <br />And the operator says forty cents more for the next three minutes <br /> <br />Please Mrs. Avery, I just gotta talk to her, <br />I'll only keep her a while <br />Please Mrs. Avery, I just wanna tell her goodbye <br /> <br />Sylvia's mother says Sylvia's hurryin' she's catchin' the nine o'clock train <br />Sylvia's mother says take your umbrella cause Sylvie, it's startin' to rain <br />And Sylvia's mother says thank you for callin' and sir won't you call back again <br />And the operator says forty cents more for the next three minutes <br /> <br />Please Mrs. Avery, I just gotta talk to her, <br />I'll only keep her a while <br />Please Mrs. Avery, I just wanna tell her goodbye <br /> <br />Tell her goodbye
