(SPOKEN)
MY LITTLE BOY CAME IN
TO THE KITCHEN
THIS EVENING
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 MOWING THE YARD
FIVE DOLLARS
MAKIN' MY OWN
BED THIS WEEK
ONE DOLLAR
AND GOIN' TO THE STORE
FIFTY CENTS
AND WATCHING
LITTLE BROTHER
WHILE YOU WENT
SHOPPING
TWENTY-FIVE CENTS
FOR TAKIN' OUT
THE TRASH
ONE DOLLAR
GETTIN' A GOOD
REPORT CARD
FIVE DOLLARS
AND RAKING THE YARD
TWO DOLLARS
TOTAL OWED
FOURTEEN SEVENTY-FIVE
WELL I STOOD THERE
LOOKIN' AT HIM
EXPECTANTLY
AND A THOUSAND
MEMORIES FLASHED
THROUGH MY MIND
SO I PICKED UP THE PEN
AND TURNIN'
THE PAPER OVER
THIS IS WHAT I WROTE
FOR THE NINE MONTHS
I CARRIED YOU
GROWIN' INSIDE ME
NO CHARGE
FOR THE NIGHTS I
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 WORRY 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
(SPOKEN)
WELL WHEN HE
FINISHED READING
HE HAD BIG OL' 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