My Daddy Is Only A Picture Recorded by Eddy Arnold 1948 Lyrics and music by Thomas C. Dilbeck Intro 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