Mama never seemed to miss
If she did, she never did say so to Daddy
She never wanted to be more
If she did, she never did say so to Daddy
The only thing that seemed to
Was to make our house a home
If she did, she never did
He often left her all alone,
but she didn't mind us 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
was a thing that she accepted
And she didn't need those things
And she didn't seem to notice
that he didn't kiss and hold her
If she did, she never did say so to Teddy
One morning we awoke just to find a note
that Mama carefully wrote
And as he began to read it,
our ears could not believe it
The words she had written there to Daddy
She said the kids are older now
and they don't need me very much
I have needed you so long
but I just can't keep holding on
She never did say so to daddy