(Dolly Parton) 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 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 Momma's gone

Good-bye to daddy