The Baby
Blake Shelton

Submitted By Tiny man
Capo 2nd Fret

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 My brother said that I, was rotten to the core I was the youngest child, so I got by with more
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I guess she was tired by, the time I came along She'd laugh until she cried, I could do no wrong
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She would always save me, ___because I was her baby


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I worked a factory in Ohio, a shrimp boat in the Bayou I drove a truck in Birmingham
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Turned 21 in Cincinnati, I called home to mom and daddy___ I said "Your boy is now a man."
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She said, "I don't care if you're 80,____ you'll always be my baby."



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She loved that photograph; of our whole family She'd always point us out, for all her friends to see
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That's Greg he's doing great, he really loves his job And Ronnie with his 2 kids, how 'bout that wife
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He?s got and that one's kinda crazy, ____but that one is my baby


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I got a call in Alabama, said come on home to Louisiana ___and come as fast as you can fly
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Cause your momma really needs you, and says she's got to see you____ She might not make it through
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The Night The whole way I drove 80, ___so she could see her baby



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She looked like she was sleepin', and my family had been weepin'____ By the time that I got to her side
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And I knew that she'd been taken, and my heart it was breakin' I never got to say goodbye
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I softly kissed that lady, ____ and cried just like a baby______________________