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I. O. U. Lyricsby Jimmy Dean Buy album CD: Other Songs A - TI You know most people look through Their wallets or their pocketbooks And way down at the bottom Past the credit cards Baby pictures and so on You usually find a little old Piece of dog eared poetry I's cleaning out my wallet the other day And I ran across a whole bunch of I.O.U.'s Some of them thirty-five years overdue And you know the funny thing All these I.O.U.'s are owed to one person And I kinda felt like that maybe now Would be a pretty good time For an accounting Mom, I sure hope you're listening Sweet lady, I owe you for so many things A lot of services Like night watchman for instance Lying awake nights listening for coughs And cries and creaking floorboards Ha ha, and me coming in too late Boy, you had the eye of an eagle And the roar of a lion but you always Had a heart as big as a house I owe you for services like Uh, short order cook, chef, baker For making sirloin out of hamburger And turkey out of tuna fish and Big old strapping boys out of leftovers I owe you for cleaning services 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 That no laundry could ever do For drying the tears of childhood and Ironing out the problems of growing up I owe you for services as a bodyguard For protecting me from the terrors Of thunderstorms and nightmares Heh, 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 Oh, oh, let's not forget medical advise Important things like if you keep on Scratching that, it'll never get well Or if you cross your eyes They're gonna stick like that And probably the most Important advice of em all Boy, you be sure you Got on clean underwear 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 And for wonderful productions at Christmas, 4th of July, birthdays And for making make believe come true And you did it all on such a limited budget I owe you for construction work For building kites and confidence Hopes and dreams and somehow You made em all touch the sky And for cementing together a family 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 somehow They just gotta have Things like, ha ha A pair of high top boots with a Little pocket on the side For a jackknife And one thing, Mom, I'll never forget When there were two pieces of pie And three hungry people You were always the one who decided Well, I'm not really that hungry anyhow These are just a few of the things For which payment is long overdue The person that I owe em to Worked very, very cheap She managed by simply doing without A whole lotta things that she needed herself My I.O.U.'s add up to more Than I could ever hope to repay But you know the nicest thing about it all That I know that she'd mark The entire bill paid in full For just one kiss and four little words Mom, I love you
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