WHEN OUR BABY KATE

WAS BORN

IT WAS THE BIGGEST DAY

OF MY LIFE

LYIN' THERE

LITTLE BOWS IN HER HAIR

IN THE LOVING ARMS

OF MY WIFE

I WAS THE

PROUDEST PAPA

IN THE U. S. A.

MAKIN' A LIVIN'

ON THE ROAD

SOMEWHERE

A THOUSAND MILES

AWAY

IT WAS A HAPPY DAY

BUT KIND OF SAD

I WISH I COULD HAVE

BEEN THERE

I WISH I COULD HAVE

BEEN THERE

I WISH I COULD HAVE

BEEN THERE

FOR THAT

LITTLE BOBBY

HIT HIS FIRST HOME RUN

HE WAS THE HERO

OF THE HOMETOWN

CROWD

TWO TO ONE

IT WAS THE

WINNIN' RUN

EVERYBODY WAS

CHEERIN' LOUD

AND MAMA

SHE WOULD SMILE

AND SAY

AND HE'S A CHIP OFF OF

THE OLD BLOCK

BUT I WAS ON THE ROAD

SOMEWHERE

BETWEEN MEMPHIS

AND LITTLE ROCK

IT WAS A HAPPY DAY

BUT KIND OF SAD

I WISH I COULD HAVE

BEEN THERE

I WISH I COULD HAVE

BEEN THERE

I WISH I COULD HAVE

BEEN THERE

FOR THAT

8 BAR

INSTRUMENTAL

BREAK

NOW BOBBY AND KATE

ARE ALL GROWN UP

AND MOVED AWAY

THEY STAY IN TOUCH

WE'RE PROUD OF THE

TWO GOOD KIDS

WE RAISED

AND IT'S HARD

TO BELIEVE

WE'RE CELEBRATIN'

OUR TWENTY- FIFTH

YEAR TODAY

THIS PARTY'S NICE

BUT THE KIDS

AREN'T HERE

AT LEAST THEY CALLED

TO SAY

CONGRATULATIONS

MOM AND DAD

I WISH WE COULD'VE

BEEN THERE

I WISH WE COULD'VE

BEEN THERE

I WISH WE COULD'VE

BEEN THERE

FOR THAT

IT WAS A HAPPY DAY

BUT KIND OF SAD

I WISH THEY

COULD HAVE BEEN THERE

I WISH THEY COULD HAVE

BEEN THERE

I WISH THEY COULD HAVE

BEEN THERE

FOR THAT