Eddy Arnold - My Daddy Is Only A Picture lyrics

I asked a little boy to call his daddy

He said he couldn't and sighed

And when I asked him what was wrong

Here's what the little boy replied.

My daddy is only a picture,

In a frame that hangs on the wall

Each day I talk to my daddy,

But he never talks at all.

I tell him all of my secrets

And all of my little plans

And from the way he smiles at me,

I know he understands.

The angels took daddy to heaven,

When I was just goin' on three

But I'll bet they never told him

How blue and lonesome we'd be.

I try to cheer up my mommie,

When the tears roll down her face

My daddy is only a picture,

But I'm tryin' to take his place.