《Patches》歌词

[00:00:00] Patches - Clarence Carter (克拉伦斯·卡特)

[00:00:02] I was born and raised down in Alabama

[00:00:05] On a farm way back up in the woods

[00:00:07] I was so raggedy folks used call me Patches

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

[00:00:12] Deep down inside he was hurt

[00:00:13] Abuse he done all he could

[00:00:16] My papa was a great ol man

[00:00:19] I can see him with a shovel in his hand

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

[00:00:24] But 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 we made

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

[00:00:35] When he tried to get up life would kick him back down

[00:00:38] One day papa called me to his dying bed

[00:00:41] Put his hands on my shoulders and in tears he said

[00:00:44] He said Patches

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

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

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

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

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

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

[00:01:08] But she said that was daddy strictest rule

[00:01:11] So every morning ore I went to school

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

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

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

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

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

[00:01:28] He said Patches

[00:01:29] I depending on you son

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

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

[00:01:44] Then one day a strong rain came

[00:01:46] And washed all the crops away

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

[00:01:51] I thought I was carrying the weight of the whole world on my shoulders

[00:01:55] Mama knew what I was going through

[00:01:57] Because every day I had to work the fields

[00:02:01] Abuse that the only way we got our meals

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

[00:02:06] And everybody else depended on me

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

[00:02:12] Lord give him strength to face another day

[00:02:14] 4 years have passed and all the kids have grown

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

[00:02:20] God knows people I she'd tears

[00:02:23] But my daddy voice kept me through the years

[00:02:26] Saying Patches

[00:02:27] I depending on you son

[00:02:30] To pull the family through

[00:02:33] My son it all left up to you

[00:02:40] He said Patches

[00:02:42] I depending on you son

[00:02:45] I tried to do my best

[00:02:48] It up to you to do the rest