A Picture of Your Mother — текст песни (Tom T. Hall)

My little girl and I lost mama just three years ago

And now that she is older there are things she wants to know

She said, "please daddy tell me bout my mother cause I miss her."

I said, "get pen and paper and Ill help your draw her picture."



I said, "first draw a heart so big theres room for little else

Then write a million for the things that she denied herself

Draw a rose the kind of which therell never be another

And when you finish you will have a picture of your mother



"if you want to make the picture even more complete

You could draw a little cottage, draw it nice and neat

Draw a bright and shining sun up in the sky above

But then again I guess its pretty hard to draw my love



"so draw a heart so big that there is room for little else

Write a million for the things that she denied herself

Draw a rose the kind of which therell never be another

And when you finish you will have a picture of your mother."