My little girl came home today
With teardrops in her eyes
She never spoke a word to me
As I wiped the tears she cried
Hurt was showin' on her face
And sadness in her eyes
And I held her close and kissed her cheek
With all the love I felt inside
I was walkin' home by main street,
She finally said to me.
Just lookin' in shop windows, Mommy,
To see what I could see.
Then my eyes fell on a portrait
That drew me very near.
And that portrait in the window, Mommy,
Washed my smile away with tears
It was you, Mommy, in a wedding gown
But that man there by your side
Was someone I had never seen
And I guess that's why I cried
There never was a picture, Mommy
In any room at home
That ever showed of Daddy
And I wondered what went wrong
I often meant to ask you, Mommy
But I just didn't have the heart
I just figured things went wrong for ya
And that ya, ya had to live apart
And a teardrop came into my eye
As my mind went back in time
To a wedding day nine years ago
When all the joy in life was mine
But only four months later
On his way back home from town
In the midst of all the love we knew,
A speeding driver ran him down
And the world I knew just fell apart
But God helped me fight it through
And your Dad's always in a part of me,
Cause there's so much of him in you
That portrait in the window,
You know, I never did bring it home
Cause I have you to see him through
So what more is there to own?
A smile came back into her face,
Her arms wrapped round me tight,
And all the love I thought I'd lost
Came back to me, that night
Happiness was ours again
As sadness said goodbye,
It was time to bring that portrait home,
For all the teardrops now had dried.
With teardrops in her eyes
She never spoke a word to me
As I wiped the tears she cried
Hurt was showin' on her face
And sadness in her eyes
And I held her close and kissed her cheek
With all the love I felt inside
I was walkin' home by main street,
She finally said to me.
Just lookin' in shop windows, Mommy,
To see what I could see.
Then my eyes fell on a portrait
That drew me very near.
And that portrait in the window, Mommy,
Washed my smile away with tears
It was you, Mommy, in a wedding gown
But that man there by your side
Was someone I had never seen
And I guess that's why I cried
There never was a picture, Mommy
In any room at home
That ever showed of Daddy
And I wondered what went wrong
I often meant to ask you, Mommy
But I just didn't have the heart
I just figured things went wrong for ya
And that ya, ya had to live apart
And a teardrop came into my eye
As my mind went back in time
To a wedding day nine years ago
When all the joy in life was mine
But only four months later
On his way back home from town
In the midst of all the love we knew,
A speeding driver ran him down
And the world I knew just fell apart
But God helped me fight it through
And your Dad's always in a part of me,
Cause there's so much of him in you
That portrait in the window,
You know, I never did bring it home
Cause I have you to see him through
So what more is there to own?
A smile came back into her face,
Her arms wrapped round me tight,
And all the love I thought I'd lost
Came back to me, that night
Happiness was ours again
As sadness said goodbye,
It was time to bring that portrait home,
For all the teardrops now had dried.