My b rother s aid that wa s 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
Drove a truck in Birmin gham
Turned twenty -one in Cincinatti
Called home to mom and daddy
Said, your boy's now a man
She said I don't care if you're 80
You'll always be my baby
She loved that photograph of our whole fami ly
She'd always point us out, for all her friends to see
"That's Greg, he doing great - he really loves his job
Ron nie 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
She says she's gotta see you
She might not make it through the night"
The whole way I drove 80
So she could see her baby
She looked like she was sleeping
And my family had been weeping
By the time that I got to her side
I knew that she'd been taken
And my heart it was breakin'
I never got to say good bye
I softly kissed that lady
And cried just like a baby