Lyrics:

Sylvias mother says Sylvias busy
Too busy to come to the phone
Sylvias mother says Sylvias trying
To start a new life of her own
Sylvias mother says Sylvias happy
So why dont 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
Ill only keep her awhile
Please, Mrs. Avery, I just want to tell her goodbye

Sylvias mother says Sylvias packing
Shes gonna be leaving today
Sylvias mother says Sylvias marrying
A fella down Galveston way
Sylvias mother says please dont 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
Ill only keep her awhile
Please, Mrs. Avery, I just want to tell her goodbye

Sylvias mother says Sylvias hurrying
Shes catching the nine oclock train
Sylvias mother says take your umbrella
Cause, Sylvie, its starting to rain
And Sylvias mother says thank you for calling
And, sir, wont 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
Ill only keep her a while
Please, Mrs. Avery, I just want to tell her goodbye
Tell her goodbye
Please, tell her goodbye