When our baby Kate was born it was the biggest
day of my life
Lying there little bows in her hair in the loving
arms of my wife
I was the proudest papa in the U.S.A.
Making a living on the road somewhere a thousand
miles away
It was a happy day, but kinda sad. I wish I coulda
been there
I wish I coulda been there, I wish I coulda 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 winning run everybody
was cheering loud
And mama she would smile and say that 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 kinda sad. I wish I coulda
been there
I wish I coulda been there, I wish I coulda been
there for that
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 celebrating our
25th year today
This party's nice, but the kids aren't here, at
least they called to say
Congradulations Mom and Dad. I wish we coulda
been there
I wish we coulda been there, I wish we coulda been
there for that
It was a happy day, but kinda sad. I wish they
coulda been there
I wish they coulda been there, I wish they coulda
been there for that.....