[00:00.00]时代音乐网 www.78497.com  [00:01.04]No Charge - Melba Montgomery [00:07.60]My little boy came into the kitchen this evening [00:10.74]While I was fixing supper [00:13.19]And he handed me a piece of paper he'd been writing on [00:17.44]And after wiping my hands on my apron [00:20.49]I read it [00:23.03]And this is what it said [00:29.18]For mowing the yard five dollars [00:32.63]And for making my own bed this week one dollar [00:37.15]And for going to the store fifty cents [00:40.85]An playing with little brother while you went shopping [00:44.96]Twenty five cents [00:50.28]Taking out the trash one dollar [00:53.79]Getting a good report card five dollars [00:58.08]And for raking the yard two dollars [01:03.43]Total owed fourteen seventy five [01:11.37]Well I stood there looking at him expectantly [01:14.79]And a thousand memories flashed through my mind [01:18.49]So I picked up the pen [01:19.89]And turning the paper over [01:22.58]This is what I wrote [01:26.49]For nine months I carried you [01:30.45]Growing inside me no charge [01:36.90]For the nights I've sat up with you [01:40.84]Doctored you prayed for you no charge [01:47.42]For the time and the tears [01:51.21]And the cost through the years there's no charge [01:57.80]When you add it all up [02:00.96]The full cost of my love is no charge [02:08.21]For the nights filled with dread [02:11.65]And the worries ahead no charge [02:18.60]For advice and the knowledge [02:22.20]And the cost of your college no charge [02:29.01]For the toys food and clothes and for wiping your nose [02:36.10]There's no charge son [02:39.31]When you add it all up [02:42.50]The full cost of my love is no charge [02:50.79]Well when he finished reading [02:52.19]He had great big old tears in his eyes [02:55.72]And he looked up at me and he said [02:57.40]Mama I sure do love you [03:01.46]Then he took the pen [03:02.55]And in great big letters [03:04.10]He wrote paid in full [03:10.24]When you add it all up [03:13.95]The cost of real love is no charge