(Shel Silverstein)
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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..
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(c)1972 Evil Eye Music Inc.
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Sylvia's Mother
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| Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show |
