sylvia s mother says sylvia s busy too busy to come to the phone sylvia s mother says sylvia s trying to start a new life of her own sylvia s mother says sylvia s happy now why don t you leave her alone chorus and the operator says forty cents more for the nest three minutes please mrs avery i just gotta talk to her i ll only keep her a while please mrs avery i just want to tell her goodbye goodbye please mrs avery i just want to tell sylvia s mother says sylvia s packin shes gonna be leavin today sylvia s mother says sylvia s marryin a fellow down galveston way sylvia s mother says please don t say nothin to make her start cryin and stay chorus and the operator says forty cents more for the nest three minutes please mrs avery i just gotta talk to her i ll only keep her a while please mrs avery i just want to tell her goodbye goodbye please mrs avery i just want to tell sylvia s mother says sylvia s hurryin she s catchin the nine o clock plane sylvia s mother says take your umbrella cause sylvia it s startin to rain sylvia s mother says thank you for callin and sir won t you call back again chorus and the operator says forty cents more for the nest three minutes please mrs avery i just gotta talk to her i ll only keep her a while please mrs avery i just want to tell her goodbye goodbye please mrs avery i just want to tell 