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When our baby Kate was born it was the biggest
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day of my life
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Lying there little bows in her hair in the loving
arms of my wife
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I was the proudest papa in the U.S.A.
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Making a living on the road somewhere a thousand
miles away
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It was a happy day, but kinda sad. I wish I coulda
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been there
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I wish I coulda been there, I wish I coulda been
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there for that
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Little Bobby hit his first home run he was the hero
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of the hometown crowd
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two to one it was the winning run everybody
was cheering loud
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And mama she would smile and say that he's a chip
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off of the old block
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But I was on the road somewhere between Memphis
and Little Rock
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It was a happy day, but kinda sad. I wish I coulda
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been there
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I wish I coulda been there, I wish I coulda been
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there for that
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Now Bobby and Kate are all grown up and moved
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away
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They stay in touch, we're proud of the two good
kids we raised
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and it's hard to believe we're celebrating our
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25th year today
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This party's nice, but the kids aren't here, at
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least they called to say
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Congradulations Mom and Dad. I wish we coulda
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been there
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I wish we coulda been there, I wish we coulda been
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there for that
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It was a happy day, but kinda sad. I wish they
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coulda been there
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I wish they coulda been there, I wish they coulda
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been there for that.....