Lyric Mommy for a Day

(Harlan Howard - Buck Owens)

I go to see my little girl each Sunday afternoon
And how I dread the words I know she ll say
She ll ask me when I m coming home I ll answer pretty soon
But I know I m just her mommy for a day.

She s much too young to realize why mommy can t come home
And that her daddy wanted things this way
We kiss goodbye and my heart breaks to walk away alone
To have to be her mommy for a day.

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I loved her dad with all my heart they lied and ruined our home
Oh why did he believe the things they say
I pray in time he ll change his mind and take me back once more
Then I ll not be her mommy for a day.

She s much too young to realize why mommy can t come home
And that her daddy wanted things this way
We kiss goodbye and my heart breaks to walk away alone
To have to be her mommy for a day...