These long lonely  evenings  here I am on the phone  wondering  when she will call she said  she would write me 'cause  she  knows  I'm alone but  I hear nothing at all I'm waiting for  a word of love from sylvia You'd  think she never heard of love  my sylvia but when I'm  with her  lord I forgive her  'cause she's more than the whole world to me     there's nothing like a word of love from sylvia The only one I'm thinking of is sylvia  feeling so sad   now I'll be so glad now If I just had my sylvia  with me That old  weeping willow  seems to whisper her name why did she go  away the tears on my pillow they're not hard to explain  there's nothing else I can say    I'm  waiting  for  a word of love from sylvia you'd think she never heard of love my sylvia    but when I'm  with    her  Lord I forgive her 'cause  she's more  than the whole world to me .  There's  nothing like  a word  like my sylvia         the only one I'm thinking of is sylvia feeling so sad  now I'd be so glad now If  I just had  my sylvia  with me