Emmylou Harris

Mama never seemed
To miss the finer things of life
If she did she never did say so to daddy
She never wanted to be more
Than mother and a wife
If she did she never did say so to daddy
The only thing that seemed
To be important in her life
Was to make our house a home and make us happy
Mama never wanted
Any more that what she had
If she did she never did say so to daddy
He often left her all alone
She didn't mind the staying 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 thing that 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
That mama carefully wrote and left to daddy
And as we began to read it
Our ears could not believe it
The words that she had written there to daddy
She said the kids are older now
They don't need me very much
And I've gone in search of 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
She did she never did say so to daddy
Goodbye to daddy
From Emmylou Harris "Quarter Moon In A Ten Cent Town"
Warner Brothers Records 1978
Owepar Publishing Company(BMI)