《Patches (I’m Depending On You)》歌词

[00:00:00] Patches - Various Artists (欧美群星)

[00:00:00] Written by：Ronald Dunbar/General Johnson

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

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

[00:00:06] I was so ragged that folks used to call me patches

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

[00:00:11] 'Cause deep down inside he was hurt

[00:00:12] 'Cause he'd 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 hands see

[00:00:21] Education he never had

[00:00:24] But he did wonders when the times 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] For life had kick him down to the ground

[00:00:35] When he tried to get up life would kick him back down

[00:00:38] One day papa called me to his dyin' bed

[00:00:41] Put his hands on my shoulders and in his tears he said

[00:00:44] He said patches

[00:00:45] I'm dependin' on you son

[00:00:49] To pull the family through

[00:00:52] My son it's all left up to you

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

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

[00:01:06] So I told mama I was gonna quit school but

[00:01:08] She said that was daddy's strictest rule

[00:01:11] So every mornin' 'fore I went to school

[00:01:14] I fed the chickens and I chopped wood too

[00:01:17] Sometimes I felt that I couldn't go on

[00:01:20] I wanted to leave just run away from home

[00:01:23] But I would remember what my daddy said

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

[00:01:29] He said patches

[00:01:30] I'm dependin' 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 I thought

[00:01:52] I was carryin' the weight of the

[00:01:53] Whole world on my shoulders

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

[00:01:56] What I was goin' through 'cause

[00:01:59] Every day I had to work the fields

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

[00:02:04] You 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 the strength to face another day

[00:02:16] So years have passed and all the kids are grown

[00:02:19] The angels took mama to a brand new home

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

[00:02:25] But my daddy's voice kept me through the years

[00:02:28] Sing patches

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

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

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

[00:02:41] Oh I can still hear papa's voice sayin' patches

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

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

[00:02:50] It's up to you to do the rest