I wish I could have been there
And it's hard to believe we're celebrating our twenty fifth year today
It was a happy day but kinda sad
"Congratulations mom and dad"
It was a happy day but kinda sad
Now Bobby and Kate are all grown up and moved away

He was the hero of the home town crowd

And momma she was smilin' saying he's a chip off of the old block
I wish I could have been there
But I was on the road somewhere between Memphis and Little Rock
Makin' a living on the road somewhere a thousand miles away
I wish they could have been there
I wish I could have been there, for that
Two to one, it was a winning run, everybody was cheering loud
I wish I could have been there
I wish I could have been there
Little Bobby hit his first home run
I wish we could have been there
I wish we could have been there
I wish they could have been there
It was a happy day but kinda sad
I wish we could have been there, for that

This party's nice but the kids aren't here, at least they called to say

I wish I could have been there, for that
They stay in touch, we're proud of the two good kids we raised
I was the proudest papa in the U.S.A.
I wish they could have been there, for that