My Daddy Is Only a Picture Lyrics

Recorded by Eddy Arnold 1948
Lyrics and music by Thomas C. Dilbeck
I asked a little boy to call his daddy
He said he couldn't and sighed
And when I asked him what was wrong
here's what the little boy replied
My Daddy is only a picture, in a frame that hangs on the wall
Each day I talk to my daddy, but he never talks at all
I tell him all of my secrets and all of my little plans
and from the way he smiles at me, I know he understands
The angels took Daddy to heaven, when I was just goin' on three
But I'll bet they never told him - how blue and lonesome We'd be
I try to cheer up my mommie, when the tears roll down her face
My daddy is only a picture, but I'm tryin' to take his place