《Patches》歌词

[00:00:00] Patches - Clarence Carter (克拉伦斯·卡特)

[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

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

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

[00:00:13] 'Cause he'd done all he could

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

[00:00:17] I can see him with a shovel in his hands see

[00:00:21] Education he never had

[00:00:23] He did wonders when the times got bad

[00:00:27] 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

[00:00:37] 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

[00:00:44] He said "Patches

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

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

[00:00:50] My son it's all left up to you"

[00:00:59] Two days later papa passed away

[00:01:02] 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

[00:01:10] So every mornin' 'fore I went to school

[00:01:13] I fed the chickens and I chopped wood too

[00:01:15] Sometimes I felt that I couldn't go on

[00:01:18] I wanted to leave just run away from home

[00:01:21] But I would remember what my daddy said

[00:01:24] With tears in his eyes on his dyin' bed

[00:01:27] He said "Patches

[00:01:28] I'm dependin' on you son

[00:01:31] I tried to do my best

[00:01:34] It's up to you to do the rest"

[00:01:43] 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'

[00:01:51] The weight of the whole world on my shoulders

[00:01:53] And you know Mama knew what I was goin' through 'cause

[00:01:56] Every day I had to work the fields

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

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

[00:02:06] And everybody else depended on me

[00:02:09] Every night I heard my mama pray

[00:02:11] Lord give him the strength

[00:02:13] To make another day

[00:02:14] So years have passed and all the kids are grown

[00:02:17] The angels took mama to a brand new home

[00:02:20] Lord knows people I shedded tears

[00:02:22] But my daddy's voice kept me through the years

[00:02:25] Sing "Patches

[00:02:26] I'm dependin' on you son

[00:02:29] To pull the family through

[00:02:32] My son it's all left up to you"

[00:02:39] I'm dependin' on you son

[00:02:44] I've tried to do my best

[00:02:47] It's up to you to do the rest"