No Charge

No Charge(Complete version originally performed by J.J. Barrie) - Various Artists (歐美群星)

My sister's little boy came into the kitchen

One evening while she was fixing supper

And he handed her a piece paper

He had been writing on

And after wiping her hands on an apron

She read it

For mowing the yard, five dollars

And for making up my own bed this week, one dollar

For going to the store, fifty cents

And playing with little brother while you went shopping,

Twenty-five cents

Taking out the trash, one dollar

And for getting a good report card, five dollars

And for raking the yard, two dollars

Total owed, fourteen seventy-five

Well, she looked at him standing there and expecting

And a thousand memories flashed through her mind

So she picked up pen and turned the paper over

And this is what she wrote

For the 9 months 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 costs through 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 costs of your college, no charge

For the toys, food and clothes

And for wiping your nose there's no charge son

When you add it all up the real cost of my love

Is no charge

Well, when he finished reading he had great big

Old tears in his eyes

And he looked up at me and said, "Mum, I sure do love you"

Then he took the pen and in great big letters he wrote,

'Paid in full'

And I want you to know today

When you add it all up the real cost of real love is no charge

When you add it all up the real cost of real love is no charge

No charge