《Patches(Rerecorded Version)》歌词

歌曲： Patches(Rerecorded Version)

所属专辑：Great Story Songs

歌手： Clarence Carter

时长： 03:07

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Patches - Clarence Carter (克拉伦斯·卡特)[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 ragged that folks used to call me Patches[00:00:06]

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

'Cause deep down inside he was hurt[00:00:10]

'Cause he'd 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 hands see[00:00:18]

Education he never had[00:00:21]

He did wonders when the times got bad[00:00:24]

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

Barely paid the bills we made[00:00:29]

For life had kick 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 to his dyin' bed[00:00:38]

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

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

He said "Patches[00:00:43]

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

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

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

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

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

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

But she said that was daddy's strictest rule[00:01:07]

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

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

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

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

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

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

He said "Patches[00:01:28]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

To make another day[00:02:14]

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

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

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

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

Sing "Patches[00:02:27]

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

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

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

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

I'm dependin' on you son[00:02:43]

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

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

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

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

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

My son[00:03:05]