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