Karaoké No Charge Tammy Wynette

My little girl came up to me in the kitchen this evening while I was fixing supper

And she handed me a piece of paper she'd been writing' on and

After wiping my hands on my apron I read it and this is what it said

For mowing the yard five dollars

For making my own bed this week one dollar

Going to the store fifty cents

Playing with little sister while you went to the store twenty five cents

Taking out the trash one dollar

Getting a good report card five dollars

And for raking the yard two dollars

Total of fourteen dollars and seventy five cents

Well I looked at her standing there expectantly and a thousand memories flashed through my mind

And so I picked up the pen and turning the paper over this is what I wrote

For the nine months

I carried you growing inside me no charge

For the nights I sat up with you doctored you prayed for you no charge

For the toys food and clothes and for wiping your nose there's no charge

When you add it all up the full cost of my love is no charge

Well when she finished readin' she had great big old tears in her eyes and she looked up at me and said

Mommy I sure do love you

Then she took the pen and in great big letters she wrote paid in full

When you add it all up the cost of real love is no charge