My Daddy Is Only A Picture Song Lyrics and Chords by Eddy Arnold
My Daddy Is Only A Picture
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Recorded by Eddy Arnold Written by Thomas C. Dilbeck
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I asked a little
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daddy
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said he couldn't and
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when I asked him
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Here's what the little boy r
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eplied
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My
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Daddy is only a
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picture in a
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frame that hangs on the
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wall
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day I talk to my
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daddy but
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he never talks at
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all
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tell him all of my
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secrets and
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all of my little
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plans
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from the way he
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smiles at me I
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know he
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unders
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tands
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angels took Daddy to
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heaven when
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I was just going on
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thre
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I'll bet they never
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told him how
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blue and lonesome we'd
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be
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mommy when the
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tears roll down her
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face
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daddy is only a
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picture but I'm
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trying to
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take his
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FAQ
Who sang the the song My Daddy Is Only A Picture?
- The song My Daddy Is Only A Picture was sang by Eddy Arnold.
Who is Eddy Arnold?
- Richard Edward Arnold (May 15, 1918 - May 8, 2008) was an American country music singer who performed for six decades. He was a Nashville sound (country/popular music) innovator of the late 1950s, and scored 147 songs on the Billboard country music charts, second only to George Jones. He sold more than 85 million records. A member of the Grand Ole Opry (beginning 1943) and the Country Music Hall of Fame (beginning 1966), Arnold ranked 22nd on Country Music Television's 2003 list of "The 40 Greatest Men of Country Music."
