My brother said that I 我哥哥说我

was rotten to the core. 是烂到核心。

I was the youngest child, 我是最小的孩子，

so I got by with more. 所以我就用了。

   

I guess she was tired by 我想她是累了

the time I came along. 到时候我来了。

She'd laugh until she cried, 她笑了，直到她哭了，

I could do no wrong. 我可以做没有错。

She would always save me, 她总是会来救我，

because I was her baby. 因为我是她的孩子。

   

I worked a factory in Ohio, 我曾俄亥俄州一家工厂，

a shrimp boat in the Bayou, 在河口虾船，

I drove a truck in Birmingham. 我开着一辆卡车在伯明翰。

Turned 21 in Cincinnati, 在辛辛那提刚满21 ，

I called home to mom and daddy, 我打电话回家给妈妈和爸爸，

I said "Your boy is now a man." 我说：“你的孩子现在是一个人。 ”

She said "I don't care if you're 80, 她说：“我不在乎，如果你是80后，

you'll always be my baby." 你永远是我的宝贝。 “

   

She loved that photograph, 她喜欢那张照片，

of our whole family. 我们全家。

She'd always point us out, 她总是为我们指出了，

for all her friends to see. 所有她的朋友来看看。

   

That's Greg he's doing great, 这是格雷格 - 他做的很好，

he really loves his job. 他真正热爱自己的职业。

And Ronnie with his 2 kids, 和罗尼和他的两个孩子，

how 'bout that wife he's got. 如何回合的妻子他有。

And that one's kinda crazy, 而且，一个人的有点疯狂，

but that one is my baby. 但是这一个是我的宝贝。

   

I got a call in Alabama, 我阿拉巴马接到一个电话，

said come on home to Louisianna 说来就回家路易斯安那

and come as fast as you can fly. 并配备一样快，你可以飞。

Cause your momma really needs you, 因为你的妈妈真的需要你，

and says she's got to see you, 并说她有看到你，

she might not make it through the night. 她可能不走夜路做到这一点。

The whole way I drove 80 整条路上，我开车80

so she could see her baby. 这样她就可以看到她的宝宝。

   

She looked like she was sleepin' 她看起来像她睡

and my family had been weepin' 和我的家人一直weepin “

by the time that I got to her side. 由我到她身边的时候。

And I knew that she'd been taken, 我知道她一直在服用，

and my heart it was breakin', 我的心脏就被伤了，

I never got to say goodbye. 我从来没有说再见。

   

I softly kissed that lady í轻轻吻了一下那位女士

and cried just like a baby. 哭了起来，就像一个婴儿。