The Baby

[Click here to read Blake’s story about “The Baby”] [Verse 1] My brother said that I Was rotten to the core I was the youngest child So I got by with more [Verse 2] 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 [Verse 3] 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 don't care if you're 80 You’ll always be my baby" [Verse 4] She loved that photograph Of our whole family She'd always point us out For all her friends to see [Verse 5] That's Greg he's doing great He really loves his job And Ronnie with his 2 kids How about that wife he's got And that one's kind of crazy But that one is my baby [Verse 6] I got a call in Alabama Said come on home to Louisiana And come as fast as you can fly Cause your mamma really needs you And says she's got to see you She might not make it through the night The whole way I drove 80 So she could see her baby [Verse 7] She looked like she was sleeping And my family had been weeping By the time that I got to her side And I knew that she'd been taken And my heart it was breaking I never got to say goodbye [Outro] I softly kissed that lady And cried just like a baby