My Daddy Is Only A Picture

(Lyrics and music by Thomas C. Dilbeck)



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.