John Anderson Wish I Could Have Been There Lyrics

Wish I Could Have Been There Lyrics

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

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

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