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Sylvia's mother says Sylvia's busy |
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Too busy to come to the phone |
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Sylvia's mother says Sylvia's trying |
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To start a new life of her own |
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Sylvia's mother says Sylvia's happy |
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So why don't you leave her alone? |
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And the operator says forty cents more |
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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 awhile |
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Please, Mrs. Avery, I just want to tell her goodbye |
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Sylvia's mother says Sylvia's packing |
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She's gonna be leaving today |
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Sylvia's mother says Sylvia's marrying |
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A fella down Galveston way |
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Sylvia's mother says please don't say nothing |
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To make her start crying and stay |
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And the operator says forty cents more |
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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 awhile |
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Please, Mrs. Avery, I just want to tell her goodbye |
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Sylvia's mother says Sylvia's hurrying |
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She's catching the nine o'clock train |
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Sylvia's mother says take your umbrella |
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'Cause, Sylvie, it's starting to rain |
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And Sylvia's mother says thank you for calling |
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And, sir, won't you call back again? |
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And the operator says forty cents more |
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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 want to tell her goodbye |
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Tell her goodbye |
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Please, tell her goodbye |