《Patches(Rerecorded Version)》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 ragged that folks used to call me Patches

[00:00:08] Papa used to tease me about it

[00:00:10] '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] He did wonders when the times got bad

[00:00:26] The little money from the crops he raised

[00:00:29] 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

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

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

[00:00:40] Put his hands on my shoulders

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

[00:00:43] He said "Patches

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

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

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

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

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

[00:01:05] So I told mama I was gonna quit school

[00:01:07] But 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

[00:01:16] Sometimes I felt that I couldn't go on

[00:01:19] I wanted to leave just run away from home

[00:01:22] But I would remember what my daddy said

[00:01:25] With tears in his eyes on his dyin' bed

[00:01:28] He said "Patches

[00:01:29] I'm dependin' on you son

[00:01:32] I tried to do my best

[00:01:35] It's up to you to do the rest"

[00:01:44] Then one day a strong rain came and washed all the crops away

[00:01:49] And at the age of thirteen I thought I was carryin'

[00:01:52] The weight of the whole world on my shoulders

[00:01:54] And you know Mama knew what I was goin' through 'cause

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

[00:02:01] 'Cause that's the only way we got our meals

[00:02:03] See I was the oldest of the family

[00:02:07] And everybody else depended on me

[00:02:10] Every night I heard my mama pray

[00:02:12] Lord give him the strength

[00:02:14] To make another day

[00:02:15] So years have passed and all the kids are grown

[00:02:18] The angels took mama to a brand new home

[00:02:21] Lord knows people I shedded tears

[00:02:24] But my daddy's voice kept me through the years

[00:02:27] Sing "Patches

[00:02:28] I'm dependin' on you son

[00:02:32] To pull the family through

[00:02:35] My son it's all left up to you"

[00:02:40] Oh I can still hear papa's voice sayin' "Patches

[00:02:43] 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"

[00:02:55] Oh I can still hear papa's voice sayin' "Patches

[00:02:58] I'm dependin' on you son

[00:03:02] To pull the family through

[00:03:05] My son