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My brother said that I |
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was rotten to the core. |
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I was the youngest child, |
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so I got by with more. |
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I guess she was tired by |
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the time I came along. |
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She'd laugh until she cried, |
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I could do no wrong. |
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She would always save me, |
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because I was her baby. |
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I worked a factory in Ohio, |
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a shrimp boat in the Bayou, |
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I drove a truck in Birmingham. |
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Turned 21 in Cincinnati, |
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I called home to mom and daddy, |
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I said "Your boy is now a man." |
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She said "I don't care if you're 80, |
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you'll always be my baby." |
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She loved that photograph, |
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of our whole family. |
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She'd always point us out, |
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for all her friends to see. |
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That's Greg he's doing great, |
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he really loves his job. |
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And Ronnie with his 2 kids, |
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how about that wife he's got. |
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And that one's kinda crazy, |
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but that one is my baby. |
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I got a call in Alabama, |
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said come on home to Louisianna |
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and come as fast as you can fly. |
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Cause your momma really needs you, |
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and says she's got to see you, |
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she might not make it through the night. |
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The whole way I drove 80 |
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so she could see her baby. |
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She looked like she was sleepin' |
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and my family had been weepin' |
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by the time that I got to her side. |
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And I knew that she'd been taken, |
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and my heart it was breakin', |
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I never got to say goodbye. |
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I softly kissed that lady |
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and cried just like a baby. |
