Intro
Verse
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
" Fourty Cents More For The Next Three Minutes"
Hook
Please, Missus Avery, I Just Gotta Talk To Her,
I Only Keep Her A While Please, Missus
Avery, I Just Want To Tell Her Goodbye
Verse 2
Sylvia's Mother Says Sylvia's Packin',
She's 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
And The Operator Says "Fourty Cents More...
Verse 3
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
"Fourty Cents More..."
