《Patches(LP版)》歌词

歌曲： Patches(LP版)

所属专辑：Snatching It Back: The Best Of Clarence Carter

歌手： Clarence Carter

时长： 03:11

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Patches - Clarence Carter[00:00:00]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

To his dying bed[00:00:39]

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

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

He said patches[00:00:44]

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

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

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

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

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

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

Gonna quit school[00:01:07]

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

Daddy strictest rule[00:01:09]

So every morning fore[00:01:11]

I went to school[00:01:12]

I fed the chickens[00:01:14]

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

Sometimes I felt that[00:01:17]

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

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

Run away from home[00:01:21]

But I would remember[00:01:22]

What my daddy said[00:01:24]

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

He said patches[00:01:28]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

On my shoulders[00:01:54]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Lord give him strength[00:02:13]

To face another day[00:02:15]

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

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

The angels took mama[00:02:19]

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

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

But my daddy voice[00:02:25]

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

Saying patches[00:02:28]

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

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

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

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

I'm depending 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[00:02:51]

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

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

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

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