Sylvia’s Mother

Sylvia's mother says
Sylvia's busy too busy to come to the phone
Sylvia's mother says
Sylvia's tryin' 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 packin' she's gonna be leavin' today
Sylvia's mother says
Sylvia's marryin' a fella down Galveston way
Sylvia's mother says please don't say nothin' to make her start cryin' 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 hurryin' she's catchin' the nine o'clock train
Sylvia's mother says take your umbrella cause Sylvie it's startin' to rain
And Sylvia's mother says thank you for callin' 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