To Daddy
Momma Never Seemed to Miss the Finer Things in Life
If She Did, She Never Did Say So to Daddy
She Never Wanted to Be More Than Mother and a Wife
If She Did, She Never Did Say So to Daddy
The Only Things That Seemed to Be Important in Her Life
Was to Make Our House a Home and Make Us Happy
Momma Never Wanted Anymore Than What She Had
If She Did, She Never Did Say So to Daddy
He Often Left Her All Alone
She Didn't Mind the Stayin' Home
If She Did, She Never Did Say So to Daddy
And She Never Missed the Flowers
And the Gifts He Never Gave Her
If She Did, She Never Did Say So to Daddy
Being Took For Granted Was a Thing That She Accepted
And She Didn't Need Those Things to Make Her Happy
She Didn't Even Seem to Notice
That He Didn't Kiss and Hold Her
If She Did, She Never Did Say So to Daddy
Chorus:
One Morning We Awoke
Just to Find the Note
That Momma Carefully Wrote
And Left to Daddy
And As He Began to Read It
Our Ears Could Not Believe It
The Words That She Had Written There to Daddy
She Said Our Kids Are Old Enough
And They Don't Need Me Very Much
So I've Gone in Search For Love I Need So Badly
I Have Needed You So Long
But I Just Can't Keep Holdin' On
She Never Meant to Come Back Home
If She Did, She Never Did Say So to Daddy
Para Papá
Mamá nunca pareció extrañar las cosas finas de la vida
Si lo hizo, nunca lo dijo a papá
Nunca quiso ser más que madre y esposa
Si lo deseaba, nunca lo dijo a papá
Lo único que parecía ser importante en su vida
Era hacer de nuestra casa un hogar y darnos felicidad
Mamá nunca quiso más de lo que tenía
Si lo deseaba, nunca lo dijo a papá
A menudo la dejaba completamente sola
A ella no le importaba quedarse en casa
Si le importaba, nunca lo dijo a papá
Y nunca extrañó las flores
Y los regalos que nunca le dio
Si le importaba, nunca lo dijo a papá
Ser dada por sentada era algo que aceptaba
Y no necesitaba esas cosas para ser feliz
Ni siquiera parecía notar
Que él no la besaba ni la abrazaba
Si le importaba, nunca lo dijo a papá
Coro:
Una mañana despertamos
Solo para encontrar la nota
Que mamá escribió cuidadosamente
Y dejó para papá
Y mientras él comenzaba a leerla
Nuestros oídos no podían creerlo
Las palabras que ella había escrito allí para papá
Ella dijo que nuestros hijos son lo suficientemente grandes
Y no me necesitan mucho
Así que me fui en busca del amor que tanto necesito
Te he necesitado por tanto tiempo
Pero simplemente no puedo seguir aguantando
Nunca tuvo la intención de volver a casa
Si lo deseaba, nunca lo dijo a papá
Escrita por: Dolly Parton