《Patches》歌词

[00:00:00] Patches - Alabama

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

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

[00:00:07] I was so ragged that folks used to call me patches

[00:00:10] Papa used to tease me about it

[00:00:12] Of course deep down inside he was hurt 'cause he done all he could

[00:00:16] Papa was a great old man

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

[00:00:21] See education he never had

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

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

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

[00:00:33] So life had kicked him down to the ground

[00:00:36] When he get tried up to

[00:00:38] Life would him kick back down

[00:00:40] One day papa called me to dying his bed

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

[00:00:44] Then with a tears said he

[00:00:46] Patches I'm depending on you son

[00:00:49] To pull the family through son my it's all left up to you

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

[00:01:04] And I became a man that day

[00:01:06] So I told mama I was gonna quit school

[00:01:09] She said that was daddy's strictest rule

[00:01:12] So every morning 'fore I went to school

[00:01:15] I fed the chickens and I chopped wood too

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

[00:01:21] I wanted to leave just away run from home

[00:01:24] But I always remembered what my daddy said

[00:01:27] With tears in his eyes on his dying bed

[00:01:30] He said patches I'm depending on you son

[00:01:34] To pull the family through my son it's all left up to you

[00:01:45] Then one day a strong rain came and washed all the crops away

[00:01:51] And at the age of thirteen I thought carrying I was

[00:01:53] The weight of the whole world on my shoulders

[00:01:55] Know but mama you she knew what I was going through

[00:02:00] Everyday I had to work the fields

[00:02:03] 'Cause that's the only got way we our meals

[00:02:05] You see I was the oldest of a family

[00:02:09] And everybody else depended on me

[00:02:12] Every night I heard my mama pray

[00:02:14] Lord give him the strength to make another day

[00:02:19] Though years have passed and all the kids are grown

[00:02:22] And angels took my mama to a brand new home

[00:02:25] Lord knows people that I shed a tear

[00:02:29] My daddy's voice kept a tinging in my ears

[00:02:31] Saying patches I'm depending on you son

[00:02:34] To pull the through family my son it's all left up to you

[00:02:44] Patches I'm depending on you son

[00:02:48] To pull the family through my son