Middle Child

I was left alone A 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 barstool 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? Mama, please tell me why You would leave just me behind You sent me off and then you went and have my brothers Before me, a little girl And they’re the center of your world Mama, tell me, why’d you leave the middle child? I should’ve gone back home And asked her to her face But my life's become too much of a disgrace And I got the news today Saying mama passed away So I’ll never know the reason I’m alone Mama, please tell me why You would leave just me behind You sent me off and then you went and have my brothers Before me, a little girl And they’re the center of your world Mama, tell me, why’d you leave the middle child? Mama, tell me, why’d you leave the middle child?