歌手: Clarence Carter
时长: 03:11
Patches (LP版) - Clarence Carter (克拉伦斯·卡特)[00:00:00]
I was born and raised down in Alabama[00:00:02]
On a farm way back up in the woods[00:00:03]
I was so raggedy folks used call me Patches[00:00:07]
Papa used to tease me bout it[00:00:09]
Of course deep down inside he was hurt[00:00:11]
Cause hed done all he could[00:00:13]
My papa was a great ol man[00:00:16]
I can see him with a shovel in his hand[00:00:18]
See education he never had[00:00:21]
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[00:00:33]
When he tried to get up life would kick him back down[00:00:35]
One day papa called me to his dyin bed[00:00:38]
Put his hands on my shoulders and in tears he said[00:00:41]
He said Patches[00:00:44]
Im dependin on you son[00:00:45]
To pull the family through[00:00:48]
My son its all left up to you[00:00:52]
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 gonna quit school[00:01:06]
But she said that was daddys strictest rule[00:01:08]
So every morning fore I went to school[00:01:12]
I fed the chickens and I chopped wood too[00:01:14]
Sometimes I felt that I couldnt go on[00:01:17]
I wanted to leave just run away from home[00:01:20]
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[00:01:29]
Im dependin on you son[00:01:30]
I tried to do my best[00:01:32]
Its up to you to do the rest[00:01:36]
But 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[00:01:49]
I thought I was carryin the weight of the whole world on my shoulders[00:01:52]
And you know mama knew what I was going through[00:01:55]
Cause every day I had to work the fields[00:01:58]
Cause thats the only way we got our meals[00:02:02]
You 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 to face another day[00:02:14]
4 years have passed and all the kids have grown[00:02:16]
The angels took mama to a brand new home[00:02:19]
God knows people I she'd tears[00:02:22]
But my daddys voice kept me through the years[00:02:25]
Sayin Patches[00:02:28]
Im dependin on you son[00:02:29]
To pull the family through[00:02:32]
My son its all left up to you[00:02:36]
I can still hear papa when he said Patches[00:02:41]
Im dependin on you son[00:02:45]
I tried to do my best[00:02:48]
Its up to you to do the rest[00:02:50]
I can still hear papa when he said Patches[00:02:56]
Im dependin on you son[00:02:59]
To pull the family through[00:03:03]