No Charge - Previously Unreleased Version Songtext

von Shirley Caesar

My sister's little boy
Came into the kitchen
One evening while she was fixing supper
And he handed her a piece of paper
He had been writing on
And after wiping her hands on an apron
She took it in her hands and she read it
And this is what it said
For mowing the yard five dollars
And for making up my own bed this week
1 dollar
For going to the store
Fifty cents
And playing with my little brother while you went shopping
25 cents
Taking out the trash
1 dollar
And getting a good report card
5 dollars
And for raking the yard
2 dollars
Total owed
14 75
Well she looked at him standing and expecting
And a thousand memories flashed through her mind
So she picked up the pen and turned the letter over and this is what she wrote to that little boy
For the 9 month I carried you
Growing inside me
No charge
For the nights I sat up with you
Doctored and prayed for you
No charge
For the time and the tears
And the cost though the years
There is no charge
When you add it all up
The real cost of my love
Is no charge
For the nights filled with dred
And the worries ahead
No charge
For the advice and the knowledge
And the cost of your college
No charge
For the toys food and clothes
And whiping your nose
Theres no charge my son
When you add it all up
The real cost of my love
Is no charge
When you add it all up
The real cost of my love
Is no charge