所属专辑:The First Ladies Of Country - Honky Tonk Angels
歌手: Melba Montgomery
时长: 03:22
No Charge - Melba Montgomery[00:00:00]
My little boy came into the kitchen this evening[00:00:07]
While I was fixing supper[00:00:10]
And he handed me a piece of paper he'd been writing on[00:00:13]
And after wiping my hands on my apron[00:00:17]
I read it and this is what it said[00:00:20]
For mowing the yard five dollars[00:00:29]
Making my own bed this week one dollar[00:00:32]
And going to the store fifty cents[00:00:37]
An playing with little brother while you went shopping twenty five[00:00:40]
Cents[00:00:45]
For taking out the trash one dollar[00:00:50]
Getting a good report card five dollars[00:00:53]
And raking the yard two dollars[00:00:58]
Total owed fourteen seventy five[00:01:03]
Well I looked at I'm standing there expectantly[00:01:11]
And a thousand memories flashed through my mind[00:01:14]
So I picked up the pen and I turning the paper over[00:01:18]
This is what I wrote[00:01:22]
For the nine months I carried you[00:01:26]
Growing inside me no charge[00:01:30]
For the nights I've sat up with you[00:01:36]
Doctored you prayed for you no charge[00:01:40]
For the time and the tears[00:01:47]
And the cost through the years there's no charge[00:01:51]
When you add it all up[00:01:57]
The full cost of my love is no charge[00:02:00]
For the nights filled with dread[00:02:08]
And the worries ahead no charge[00:02:11]
For advice and the knowledge[00:02:18]
And the cost of your college no charge[00:02:22]
For the toys food and clothes and for wiping your nose[00:02:29]
There's no charge son[00:02:36]
When you add it all up[00:02:39]
The full cost of my love is no charge[00:02:42]
Well when he finished reading[00:02:51]
He had great big old tears in his eyes[00:02:52]
And he looked up at me and he said[00:02:55]
Mama I sure do love you[00:02:57]
Then he took the pen[00:03:01]
And in great big letters[00:03:02]
He wrote paid in full[00:03:04]
When you add it all up[00:03:10]
The cost of real love is no charge[00:03:13]