| Mama never seemed to miss the finer things in life |
| if she did, she never did say so to daddy |
| she never wanted to be more than |
| a mother and a wife |
| if she did, she never did say so to daddy |
| the only thing that seemed |
| to be inportant in her life |
| was to make a house a home and to make us happy |
| Mama never wanted anymore than what she had |
| if she did, she never did say so to daddy |
| He often left her alone, |
| she didn’t mind the stayin' home |
| if she did, she never did say so to daddy |
| and she never missed |
| the flowers and the cards he never sent her |
| if she did, she never did say so to daddy |
| being took for granted was a that thing she accepted |
| and she didn’t need those things to make her happy |
| and she didn’t seem to notice |
| that he didn’t kiss and hold her |
| if she did, she never did say so to daddy |
| One morning we awoke just to find a note |
| Mama carefully wrote and left to daddy |
| and as he began to read it out ears could not beleive it |
| the words she had written there to daddy |
| she said, «the kids are old enough, |
| they don’t need me very much |
| I’ve gone in search for love I need so badly |
| I have needed you so long |
| but I just can’t keep holding on» |
| she never meant to come back home |
| if she did, she never did say so to daddy |
| Good-bye to daddy |