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   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 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   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 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   I wish they could have been there   I wish they could have been there    I wish they could have been there, for that