Tom T. Hall - A Picture Of Your Mother lyrics

My little girl and i lost mama just three years ago And now that she is older there are things she wants to know She said, "please daddy tell me 'bout my mother 'cause i miss her." I said, "get pen and paper and i'll help your draw her picture." I said, "first draw a heart so big there's room for little else Then write a million for the things that she denied herself Draw a rose the kind of which there'll never be another And when you finish you will have a picture of your mother "if you want to make the picture even more complete You could draw a little cottage, draw it nice and neat Draw a bright and shining sun up in the sky above But then again i guess its pretty hard to draw my love "so draw a heart so big that there is room for little else Write a million for the things that she denied herself Draw a rose the kind of which there'll never be another And when you finish you will have a picture of your mother."