Sylvia\'s Mother

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