所属专辑:Soul, Selección 5 Estrellas Black
歌手: Clarence Carter
时长: 03:02
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[00:00:09]
'Cause deep down inside he was hurt[00:00:11]
'Cause he'd done all he could[00:00:13]
My papa was a great old man[00:00:15]
I can see him with a shovel in his hands see[00:00:17]
Education he never had[00:00:21]
He did wonders when the times got bad[00:00:23]
The little money from the crops he raised[00:00:27]
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[00:00:37]
Put his hands on my shoulders[00:00:40]
And in his tears he said[00:00:42]
He said "Patches[00:00:44]
I'm dependin' on you son[00:00:44]
To pull the family through[00:00:48]
My son it's all left up to you"[00:00:50]
Two days later papa passed away[00:00:59]
And I became a man that day[00:01:02]
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[00:01:10]
I fed the chickens and I chopped wood too[00:01:13]
Sometimes I felt that I couldn't go on[00:01:15]
I wanted to leave just run away from home[00:01:18]
But I would remember what my daddy said[00:01:21]
With tears in his eyes on his dyin' bed[00:01:24]
He said "Patches[00:01:27]
I'm dependin' on you son[00:01:28]
I tried to do my best[00:01:31]
It's up to you to do the rest"[00:01:34]
Then one day a strong rain came and washed all the crops away[00:01:43]
And at the age of thirteen I thought I was carryin'[00:01:49]
The weight of the whole world on my shoulders[00:01:51]
And you know Mama knew what I was goin' through 'cause[00:01:53]
Every day I had to work the fields[00:01:56]
'Cause that's the only way we got our meals[00:02:00]
See I was the oldest of the family[00:02:02]
And everybody else depended on me[00:02:06]
Every night I heard my mama pray[00:02:09]
Lord give him the strength[00:02:11]
To make another day[00:02:13]
So years have passed and all the kids are grown[00:02:14]
The angels took mama to a brand new home[00:02:17]
Lord knows people I shedded tears[00:02:20]
But my daddy's voice kept me through the years[00:02:22]
Sing "Patches[00:02:25]
I'm dependin' on you son[00:02:26]
To pull the family through[00:02:29]
My son it's all left up to you"[00:02:32]
I'm dependin' on you son[00:02:39]
I've tried to do my best[00:02:44]
It's up to you to do the rest"[00:02:47]