SYLVIA'S MOTHER
1. Dr. Hook | 2. Dr. Hook live | 3. Bon Jovi | 4. Melissa Etheridge
5. Hook on composer Shel Silverstein's Houseboat
Sylvia's mother says
Sylvia's busy, too busy to come to the phone
. . . Sylvia's trying, to start a new life of her own
. . . 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 got to talk to her
I'll only keep her a while
Please Mrs. Avery I just want to tell her
Goodbye

Sylvia's mother says Sylvia's
packing, she's going be leaving today
. . . marrying, a fellow down Galveston-Way
. . . Please don't say nothing, to make her start crying and stay
And the operator says Forty cents more,
for the next three minutes

Sylvia's mother says
Sylvia's hurrying, she's catching the nine o'clock train
. . . Take your umbrella, cause Sylvia it's starting to rain
. . . Thank you for calling and sir won't you come back again
And the operator says Forty cents more,
for the next three minutes

Tell her goodbye ~ Please, tell her goodbye, Goodbye