I Wish I Could Have Been There

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 USA
 Makin' a living on the road somewhere a thousand miles away
 It was a happy day, but kinda' sad
 And I wish I coulda' been there
 Yea 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 home town crowd
 Two to one, it was a winning run
 Everybody was cheering loud
 And mommy she was smilin' saying 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
 And I wish I coulda' been there
 Yea I wish I coulda' been there
 I wish I coulda' been there for that
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 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 are celebrating 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
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 I wish we could have been there
 I wish we could have been there
 I wish we could have been there for that
 It was a happy day, but kinda' sad
 And I wish they could have been there
 Yea I wish they could have been there
 I wish they could have been there, for that