IntroVerseSylvia's Mother Says Sylvia's Busy,Too Busy To Come To The Phone Sylvia's Mother SaysSylvia's Tryin' To Start A New Life Of Her OwnSylvia'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"HookPlease, Missus Avery, I Just Gotta Talk To Her,I Only Keep Her A While Please, MissusAvery, I Just Want To Tell Her GoodbyeVerse 2Sylvia's Mother Says Sylvia's Packin',She's Gonna Be Leavin' Today Sylvia's Mother SaysSylvia's Marryin' A Fellow Down Galveston Way Sylvia's Mother Says "Please Don't SayNothin'To Make Her Start Cryin' And StayAnd The Operator Says "Fourty Cents More...Verse 3Sylvia's Mother Says Sylvia's Hurryin',She's Catchin' The Nine O'clock Train Sylvia's MotherSays: '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..."
