Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song I. O. U., artist - Jimmy Dean. Album song I.O.U., in the genre Кантри
Date of issue: 10.03.1973
Record label: 43 North Broadway, Janus Records™
Song language: English
I. O. U. |
You know most people look through their wallets or their pocketbooks |
And way down at the bottom Past the credit cards and baby pictures, greenstamps, |
you usually find a little old dog eared piece poetry |
I was cleaning out my wallet the other day and I ran across a whole bunch of I. |
O.U.'s some of them thirty years overdue. |
Funny thing is that all these I.O.U. |
's are owed to one person, and I kinda feel like right now might be a pretty |
good time for an accounting |
Mom, you listenin? |
Mom, I owe you for so many things, a lot of services, like night watchman for |
instance, for lying awake nights listening for coughs, cries, creaking |
floorboards and me coming in too late. |
You had the eye of an eagle, |
the roar of a lion, but you always had a heart as big as a house |
I owe you for services as a short order cook, chef, baker, for making sirloin |
out of hamburger, turkey out of tuna fish and two big ol' strapping boys out of |
leftovers |
I owe you for cleaning services, for the daily scrubbing of face and ears all |
work done by hand and for the frequent dusting of a small boys pants to try to |
make sure that he led a spotless life and for washing and ironing, |
no laundry could ever do. |
For drying the tears of childhood and for Ironing |
out the problems of growing up |
I owe you for servics as a bodyguard, for protecting me from the terrors of |
thunderstorms and nightmares ha, and too many green apples |
And Lord knows I owe you for medical attention, for nursing me through measles, |
mumps, bruises, bumps, splinters and spring fever |
And let’s not forget medical advise either, Oh, no |
Important things like ha ha, don’t scratching it or it won’t get well |
If you cross your eyes they’re gonna stick like that And probably ah, |
most Important of all was, be sure you got on clean underwear boy, |
in case you’re in an accident |
And I owe you for veterinarian services, for feeding every lost dog that I |
dragged home at the end of the rope and for healing the pains of puppy love |
And I owe you for entertainment, entertainment that kept the household going |
during some pretty tough times, for wonderful productions at Christmas, |
4th of July and birthdays, and for making make believe come true on a very |
limited budget |
I owe you for construction work, for building kites, confidence, |
hopes and dreams and somehow you made em all touch the sky |
And for cementing a family together so it would stand the worst kinds of shocks |
and blows and for laying down a good strong foundation to build a life on |
I owe you for carrying charges, for carrying me on your books for the |
necessities of life that a growing boy just gotta have. |
Things like, a oh, |
a pair of high top boots with a little pocket on the side for a jackknife |
And one thing, Mom, I will never ever forget when there were two pieces of |
apple pie left and three hungry people I noticed that you were the one who |
suddenly decided that you really didn’t like apple pie in the 1st place |
These are just a very few of the things for which payment is long overdue, |
the person I owe em to worked very cheap |
She managed by simply doing without a whole lotta things that she needed herself |
My I.O.U.'s add up to much more than I could ever hope to repay |
But you know the nicest thing about it all is that, I know that she’ll mark the |
entire bill paid in full for just one kiss and four little words |
Mom, I love you |