Melba montgomery no charge lyrics

NO CHARGE 

 Melba Montgomery 

 Writer: HARLAN HOWARD 

  

 Recitation: 

  

 My little boy came into the kitchen this evenin' 

 While I was fixin' supper 

 And he handed me a piece of paper he'd been writin' on 

 And after wipin' my hands on my apron 

 I read it - and this is what it said: 

  

 For mowin' the yard - five dollars 

 And for makin' my own bed this week - one dollar 

 And for goin' to the store - fifty cents 

 An' playin' with little brother, while you went shoppin' - twenty-five 

 cents 

 Takin' out the trash - one dollar 

 Gettin' a good report card - five dollars 

 And for rakin' the yard - two dollars 

 Total owed - fourteen seventy-five. 

  

 Well, I looked at 'im standin' there expectantly 

 And a thousand mem'ries flashed through my mind 

 So I picked up the pen, turnin' the paper over, 

 This is what I wrote: 

  

 For nine months I carried you 

 Growin' inside me - NO CHARGE 

 For the nights I've sat up with you, 

 Doctored you, prayed for you - NO CHARGE 

 For the time and the tears. 

 And the cost through the years, there's NO CHARGE 

 When you add it all up. 

 The full cost of my love is NO CHARGE. 

  

 For the nights filled with dread 

 And the worries ahead - NO CHARGE 

 For advice and the knowledge 

 And the cost of your college - NO CHARGE 

 For the toys, food and clothes and for wipin' your nose 

 There's NO CHARGE, son 

 When you add it all up, 

 The full cost of my love, is - NO CHARGE. 

  

 Recitation: 

 Well, when he finished readin' 

 He had great big old tears in his eyes 

 And he looked up at me and he said, 

 "Mama, I sure do love you." 

 Then he took the pen, 

 And in great big letters 

 He wrote: "PAID IN FULL." 

  

 When you add it all up 

 The cost of real love is - NO CHARGE