NO CHARGE

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 My little boy came into the kitchen this evening 

 While I was fixin’ supper,
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 And he handed me a piece of paper he'd been writin’ on.

 And after wipin’ my hands on my apron,
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 I read it, and this is what it said:

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 For mowin’ the yard five dollars,

 And for makin’ my own bed this week one dollar.
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 And goin’ to the store fifty cents,
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 And watchin’ little brother, while you went shoppin twenty-five cents.

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 For takin’ out the trash one dollar,
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 Getting’ a good report card five dollars.
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 And for rakin’ the yard two dollars,
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 Total owed fourteen seventy-five.

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 Well, I stood there lookin’ at him expectantly,
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 And a thousand memories flashed through my mind.

 So I picked up the pen, turnin the paper over, 
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 This is what I wrote:

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 For the nine months I carried you growin’ inside me NO CHARGE,

 For the nights I've sat up with you, 
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 Doctored you, prayed for you NO CHARGE.
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 For the time and the tears,
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 And the cost through the years, there's NO CHARGE.
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 When you add it all up, the full cost of my love is NO CHARGE.

                                                                                          
 
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 For the nights filled with dread and the worries ahead NO CHARGE,

 For advice and the knowledge 
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 And the cost of your college NO CHARGE.
                  
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 For the toys, food and clothes and for wipin’ your nose,
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 There's NO CHARGE.
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 When you add it all up, the full cost of my love, is NO CHARGE.

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 Well, when he finished reading, he had great big old tears in his eyes,
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 And he looked up at me and he said, Mama, I sure do love you.
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 Then he took the pen, and in great big letters he wrote: PAID IN FULL.
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 When you add it all up the cost of real love is NO CHARGE.