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Dr. Hook |
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Miscellaneous |
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Sylvia's Mother |
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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 tryin' |
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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 "Fourty cents more |
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for the next three minutes" |
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Please, Missus Avery, I just gotta talk to her, |
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I only keep her a while. |
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Please, Missus Avery, I just want to tell her goodbye. |
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Sylvia's mother says Sylvia's packin', |
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she's gonna be leavin' today. |
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Sylvia's mother says Sylvia's marryin' |
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a fellow down Galveston way. |
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Sylvia's mother says "Please don't say nothin' |
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to make her start cryin' and stay." |
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And the operator says "Fourty cents more... |
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Sylvia's mother says Sylvia's hurryin', |
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she's catchin' the nine o'clock train. |
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Sylvia's mother says: "Take your umbrella, |
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'cause Sylvie, it's startin' to rain. |
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And Sylvia's mother says "Thank you for callin', |
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and Sir, won't you call back again?" |
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And the operator says "Fourty cents more..." |