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 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 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 Ronny with his to kids, how 'bout that wife he's got
And that one's kind of crazy, but that one's my baby
I got a call in Alabama said come on home to Louisiana
And come as fast as you can fly
'Cause your mama really needs you, and says shes gotta see you
She might not make it through the night
The whole way I drove 80 so she could see her baby

Moji bratia hovorili, že som zhnitý až do špiku kostí
Bol som najmladšie dieťa, takže som si vystačil s ďalšími
Myslím, že keď som prišla, bola unavená, smiala sa, až kým neplakala
Nemohla som urobiť nič zlé. Vždy ma zachránila, pretože som bol jej dieťa
Pracoval som v továrni v Ohiu, v Bayou na krevetový čln
Viedol som nákladné auto v Birminghame
Keď som mala 21 rokov v Cincinnati, zavolala som domov k mame a otcovi
Povedal som, že tvoj chlapec je teraz muž
Povedala, že je mi jedno, či máš 80, vždy budeš moje dieťa
Milovala tú fotografiu celej našej rodiny
Vždy by nás upozornila, aby to videli všetci jej priatelia
To je Greg, ktorý robí výborne, svoju prácu skutočne miluje
A Ronny s deťmi, ako je na tom s tou manželkou
A to je trochu bláznivé, ale to je moje dieťa
Zavolal mi v Alabame povedal, že poď domov do Louisiany
A príď tak rýchlo, ako dokážeš lietať
Pretože tvoja mama ťa naozaj potrebuje a hovorí, že ťa musí vidieť
Možno by nestihla celú noc
Celú cestu som šoféroval 80, aby videla svoje dieťa