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 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 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 ask her to her face But my lines become due 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?