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 forty cents more for the next three minutes

Please Mrs. Avery, I just gotta talk to her,

I'll only keep her a while

Please Mrs. Avery, I just wanna tell her goodbye

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 forty cents more for the next three minutes

Please Mrs. Avery, I just gotta talk to her,

I'll only keep her a while

Please Mrs. Avery, I just wanna tell her goodbye

Please Mrs. Avery, I just gotta talk to her,

I'll only keep her a while

Please Mrs. Avery, I just wanna tell her goodbye

tell her goodbye

tell her goodbye