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..