MY BROTHER SAID THAT I
WAS ROTTEN
TO THE CORE
I WAS
THE YOUNGEST CHILD
SO I GOT BY WITH MORE
I GUESS
SHE WAS TIRED BY
THE TIME I CAME ALONG
SHE'D LAUGH
UNTIL SHE CRIED
I COULD DO NO WRONG
SHE WOULD
ALWAYS SAVE ME
BECAUSE I WAS
HER BABY
I WORKED A FACTORY
IN OHIO
A SHRIMP BOAT
IN THE BAYOU
I DROVE A TRUCK
IN BIRMIN'HAM
TURNED TWENTY-ONE
IN CINCINNATI
I CALLED HOME
TO MOM AND DADDY
I SAID YOUR BOY
IS NOW A MAN
SHE SAID I DON'T CARE
IF YOU'RE EIGHTY
YOU'LL ALWAYS BE
MY BABY
SHE LOVED
THAT PHOTOGRAPH
OF OUR WHOLE FAMILY
SHE'D ALWAYS
POINT US OUT
FOR ALL HER FRIENDS
TO SEE
THAT'S GREG
HE'S DOIN' GREAT
HE REALLY LOVES HIS JOB
AND RONNIE
WITH HIS TWO KIDS
HOW 'BOUT THAT WIFE
HE'S GOT
AND THAT ONE'S
KINDA CRAZY
BUT THAT ONE IS
MY BABY
I GOT A CALL
IN ALABAMA
SAID COME ON HOME
TO LOUISIANA
AND COME AS FAST
AS YOU CAN FLY
'CAUSE YOUR MAMA
REALLY NEEDS YOU
AND SAYS
SHE'S GOTTA SEE YOU
AND SHE MIGHT
NOT MAKE IT
THROUGH THE NIGHT
THE WHOLE WAY
I DROVE EIGHTY
SO SHE COULD SEE
HER BABY
SHE LOOKED LIKE
SHE WAS SLEEPIN'
AND MY FAMILY
HAD BEEN WEEPIN'
BY THE TIME THAT
I GOT TO HER SIDE
AND I KNEW THAT
SHE'D BEEN TAKEN
AND MY HEART
IT WAS BREAKIN'
I NEVER GOT TO SAY
GOODBYE
I SOFTLY KISSED
THAT LADY
AND CRIED JUST LIKE
A BABY