《No Charge》歌词

[00:00:00] No Charge - Melba Montgomery

[00:00:07] My little boy came into the kitchen this evening

[00:00:10] While I was fixing supper

[00:00:13] And he handed me a piece of paper he'd been writing on

[00:00:17] And after wiping my hands on my apron

[00:00:20] I read it and this is what it said

[00:00:29] For mowing the yard five dollars

[00:00:32] Making my own bed this week one dollar

[00:00:37] And going to the store fifty cents

[00:00:40] An playing with little brother while you went shopping twenty five

[00:00:45] Cents

[00:00:50] For taking out the trash one dollar

[00:00:53] Getting a good report card five dollars

[00:00:58] And raking the yard two dollars

[00:01:03] Total owed fourteen seventy five

[00:01:11] Well I looked at I'm standing there expectantly

[00:01:14] And a thousand memories flashed through my mind

[00:01:18] So I picked up the pen and I turning the paper over

[00:01:22] This is what I wrote

[00:01:26] For the nine months I carried you

[00:01:30] Growing inside me no charge

[00:01:36] For the nights I've sat up with you

[00:01:40] Doctored you prayed for you no charge

[00:01:47] For the time and the tears

[00:01:51] And the cost through the years there's no charge

[00:01:57] When you add it all up

[00:02:00] The full cost of my love is no charge

[00:02:08] For the nights filled with dread

[00:02:11] And the worries ahead no charge

[00:02:18] For advice and the knowledge

[00:02:22] And the cost of your college no charge

[00:02:29] For the toys food and clothes and for wiping your nose

[00:02:36] There's no charge son

[00:02:39] When you add it all up

[00:02:42] The full cost of my love is no charge

[00:02:51] Well when he finished reading

[00:02:52] He had great big old tears in his eyes

[00:02:55] And he looked up at me and he said

[00:02:57] Mama I sure do love you

[00:03:01] Then he took the pen

[00:03:02] And in great big letters

[00:03:04] He wrote paid in full

[00:03:10] When you add it all up

[00:03:13] The cost of real love is no charge