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.
Shed 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 birmingham.
Turned 21 in cincinnati,
I called home to mom and daddy,
I said your boy is now a man.
She said I dont care if youre 80,
Youll always be my baby.
She loved that photograph,
Of our whole family.
Shed always point us out,
For all her friends to see.
Thats greg hes doing great,
He really loves his job.
And ronnie with his 2 kids,
How bout that wife hes got.
And that ones kinda crazy,
But that one is my baby.
I got a call in alabama,
Said come on home to louisianna
And come as fast as you can fly.
Cause your momma really needs you,
And says shes got to 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 sleepin
And my family had been weepin
By the time that I got to her side.
And I knew that shed 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.