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 'bout 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.
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The Baby
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Blake Shelton |