my brothers said that i
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
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 shrimpboat in the bio
i drove a truck in birminham
turned 21 in cincinati i called
home to mom and daddy,i said your
boy is now a man, she said i don't
care if your 80 , you'll always be
my baby

she loved that photograph
of our whole family she'd
always point us out for
all her friends to see
that's greg he's doing great
he really loves his job
and ronnie with his 2 kids
how bout that wife he's got
and that one's kinda crazy
but that one's is my baby

i got a call in alabama
said c'mon home to louisiana
and come as fast as you can fly
cuz your momma really needs you
and says she's got to see you
she may 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 famliy had been weeping
by the time that i got to her side
and i knew that she'd been taking and
my heart it was breaking i never
got to say good-bye

i softly kissed that lady
and cried just like a baby