I Wish I Could Have Been There-John Anderson

[ti:I Wish I Could Have Been There] [ar:John Anderson] [al:Super Hits] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.13]I Wish I Could Have Been There - John Anderson [00:02.62]Written by：John Anderson/Kent Robbins [00:03.49] [00:08.72]When our baby Kate was born it [00:11.42]Was the biggest day of my life [00:14.06] [00:16.05]Lying there little bows in her hair [00:18.96]In the lovin' arms of my wife [00:21.56] [00:22.43]I was the [00:23.53]Proudest papa in the USA [00:27.09] [00:30.88]Makin' a living on the road somewhere [00:33.98]A thousand miles away [00:36.27] [00:37.41]It was a happy day [00:40.33] [00:41.14]But kinda' sad [00:42.71] [00:46.39]I wish I coulda' been there [00:48.51] [00:50.11]I wish I coulda' been there [00:52.36] [00:53.86]I wish I coulda' been there for that [00:57.21] [01:01.09]Little Bobby hit his first home run [01:03.87]He was the hero of the home town crowd [01:06.54] [01:08.48]Two to one it was a winning run [01:10.79] [01:11.40]Everybody was cheering loud [01:14.25] [01:16.16]And mama she was smilin' sayin' [01:18.80]He's a chip off of the old block [01:21.50] [01:23.71]But I was on the road somewhere [01:26.27]Between Memphis and little rock [01:28.43] [01:29.95]It was a happy day [01:32.50] [01:33.72]But kinda' sad [01:35.53] [01:38.82]I wish I coulda' been there [01:40.95] [01:42.49]I wish I coulda' been there [01:44.80] [01:46.18]I wish I coulda' been there for that [01:49.80] [02:05.08]Now Bobby and Kate are all grown up [02:08.08] [02:08.85]And moved away [02:10.18] [02:12.25]They stay in touch [02:14.21]We're proud of the two good kids we raised [02:17.79] [02:18.98]And it's hard to believe [02:20.69]We are celebrating our twenty fifth year today [02:24.98] [02:27.09]This party's nice but the kids aren't here [02:29.60] [02:30.85]At least they called to say [02:32.66] [02:35.11]Congratulations mom and dad [02:39.33] [02:42.49]I wish we could have been there [02:44.79] [02:46.18]I wish we could have been there [02:48.48] [02:49.94]I wish we could have been there for that [02:53.51] [02:56.24]It was a happy day [02:58.97] [02:59.90]But kinda' sad [03:02.11] [03:04.93]I wish they could have been there [03:07.10] [03:08.64]I wish they could have been there [03:10.86] [03:12.39]I wish they could have been there [03:14.90] [03:17.32]For that