[00:09.52]Sylvia's mother says Sylvia's busy[00:14.68]Too busy to come to the phone[00:19.68]Sylvia's mother says Sylvia's trying[00:24.11]To start a new life of her own[00:29.32]Sylvia's mother says Sylvia's happy[00:33.43]So why don't you leave her alone?[00:37.47]And the operator says forty cents more[00:42.48]For the next three minutes[00:46.47]Please, Mrs. Avery, I just gotta talk to her[00:52.32]I'll only keep her awhile[00:56.55]Please, Mrs. Avery, I just want to tell her goodbye[01:05.85]Sylvia's mother says Sylvia's packing[01:10.30]She's gonna be leaving today[01:14.64]Sylvia's mother says Sylvia's marrying[01:19.18]A fella down Galveston way[01:24.35]Sylvia's mother says please don't say nothing[01:29.20]To make her start crying and stay[01:33.38]And the operator says forty cents more[01:37.74]For the next three minutes[01:41.60]Please, Mrs. Avery, I just gotta talk to her[01:47.65]I'll only keep her awhile[01:52.16]Please, Mrs. Avery, I just want to tell her goodbye[02:01.74]Sylvia's mother says Sylvia's hurrying[02:06.09]She's catching the nine o'clock train[02:11.24]Sylvia's mother says take your umbrella[02:16.01]'Cause, Sylvie, it's starting to rain[02:20.68]And Sylvia's mother says thank you for calling[02:25.41]And, sir, won't you call back again?[02:29.96]And the operator says forty cents more[02:34.30]For the next three minutes[02:38.04]Please, Mrs. Avery, I just gotta talk to her[02:44.42]I'll only keep her a while[02:49.02]Please, Mrs. Avery, I just want to tell her goodbye[02:58.38]Tell her goodbye[03:02.36]Goodbye