《Patches(LP版)》歌词

[00:00:00] Patches - Clarence Carter

[00:00:01] I was born and raised down in Alabama

[00:00:04] On a farm way back up in the woods

[00:00:06] I was so raggedy folks used call me atches

[00:00:09] Papa used to tease me out it

[00:00:10] Of course deep down inside he was hurt

[00:00:12] Ause he done all he could

[00:00:15] My papa was a great old man

[00:00:18] I can see him with a shovel in his hand

[00:00:20] See education he never had

[00:00:24] But he did wonders when the time got bad

[00:00:27] The little money from the crops he raised

[00:00:30] Barely paid the bills we made

[00:00:32] Oh life it kicked him down to the ground

[00:00:35] When he tried to get up

[00:00:36] Life would kick him back down

[00:00:38] One day papa called me

[00:00:39] To his dying bed

[00:00:41] Put his hands on my shoulders

[00:00:42] And in tears he said

[00:00:44] He said patches

[00:00:45] I depending on you son

[00:00:48] To pull the family through

[00:00:51] My son it all left up to you

[00:01:00] Two days later papa passed away

[00:01:03] And I became a man that day

[00:01:05] So I told mama I was

[00:01:07] Gonna quit school

[00:01:08] But she said that was

[00:01:09] Daddy strictest rule

[00:01:11] So every morning fore

[00:01:12] I went to school

[00:01:14] I fed the chickens

[00:01:15] And I chopped wood too

[00:01:17] Sometimes I felt that

[00:01:18] I couldn't go on

[00:01:20] I wanted to leave just

[00:01:21] Run away from home

[00:01:22] But I would remember

[00:01:24] What my daddy said

[00:01:26] With tears in his eyes on his dying bed

[00:01:28] He said patches

[00:01:30] I depending on you son

[00:01:33] I tried to do my best

[00:01:36] It's up to you to do the rest

[00:01:45] Then one day a strong rain came

[00:01:47] And washed all the crops away

[00:01:50] And at the age of 13

[00:01:52] I thought I was carrying the

[00:01:53] Weight of the whole world

[00:01:54] On my shoulders

[00:01:55] And you know mama knew

[00:01:56] What I was going through

[00:01:58] Cause every day I had to work the fields

[00:02:02] Cause that the only way we got our meals

[00:02:04] See I was the oldest of the family

[00:02:08] And everybody else depended on me

[00:02:11] Every night I heard my mama pray

[00:02:13] Lord give him strength

[00:02:15] To face another day

[00:02:16] So years have passed and

[00:02:17] All the kids have grown

[00:02:19] The angels took mama

[00:02:20] To a brand new home

[00:02:22] God knows people I shedded tears

[00:02:25] But my daddy voice

[00:02:27] Kept me through the years

[00:02:28] Saying patches

[00:02:29] I'm depending on you son

[00:02:33] To pull the family through

[00:02:36] My son it all left up to you

[00:02:41] Oh I can still hear papa when he said patches

[00:02:44] I'm depending on you son

[00:02:47] I've tried to do my best

[00:02:51] It's up to you to do the rest

[00:02:56] I can still hear papa's voice sayin' "Patches

[00:02:59] I'm dependin' on you son

[00:03:03] To pull the family through

[00:03:06] My son it's all left up to you"