Middle Child

I was left alone a long, long time ago

By my mother who I never got to know

Faded memories of my life

Have been washed in whiskey nights

And I'm living at the bottom of the bottle

I've spent my life on a bar stool all alone

Never knowing why she sent me from my home

Was there something wrong with me

That no one else could see?

What's the reason only I got turned away?

Momma, please, tell me why

You would leave just me behind

You sent me off and then you went and had my brother

Before me, a little girl

And they're the center of your world

Momma, tell me why'd you leave the middle child

I should've gone back home and asked her to her face

But my lines become too much of a disgrace

And I got the news today

Saying momma passed away

So I'll never know the reason I'm alone

Momma, please, tell me why

You would leave just me behind

You sent me off and then you went and had my brother

Before me, a little girl

And they're the center of your world

Momma, tell me why'd you leave the middle child

Momma, tell me why'd you leave the middle child