《Patches》歌词

[00:00:00] Patches - Anthony Armstrong Jones

[00:00:04] I was born and raised down in Alabama

[00:00:07] On a farm way back up in the woods

[00:00:09] I was so ragged that folks used to call me Patches

[00:00:12] Papa used to tease me about it

[00:00:14] 'Cause deep down inside he was hurt

[00:00:16] 'Cause he done all he could

[00:00:18] My papa was a great old man

[00:00:21] I can see him with a shovel in his hands see

[00:00:23] Education he never had

[00:00:26] He did wonders when the times got bad

[00:00:28] The little money from the crops he raised

[00:00:31] Barely paid the bills we made

[00:00:33] For life had kick him down to the ground

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

[00:00:37] Life would kick him back down

[00:00:39] One day Papa called me to his dying bed

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

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

[00:00:44] He said Patches

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

[00:00:47] To pull the family through

[00:00:50] My son it's all left up to you

[00:00:58] Two days later Papa passed away and

[00:00:59] I became a man that day

[00:01:02] So I told Mama I was gonna quit school but

[00:01:05] She said that was Daddy's strictest rule

[00:01:07] So every morning fore I went to school

[00:01:10] I fed the chickens and I chopped wood too

[00:01:12] Sometimes I felt that I couldn't go on

[00:01:15] I wanted to leave just run away from home

[00:01:17] But I would remember what my daddy said

[00:01:20] With tears in his eyes on his dying bed

[00:01:22] He said Patches

[00:01:23] I'm depending on you son

[00:01:26] I tried to do my best

[00:01:29] It's up to you to do the rest

[00:01:36] Then one day a strong rain came

[00:01:38] And washed all the crops away

[00:01:40] And at the age of 13 I thought

[00:01:42] I was carrying the weight of the

[00:01:43] Whole world on my shoulders

[00:01:45] And you know Mama knew

[00:01:46] What I was going through

[00:01:49] 'Cause every day I had to work the fields

[00:01:51] 'Cause that's the only way we got our meals

[00:01:54] You see I was the oldest of the family

[00:01:57] And everybody else depended on me

[00:01:59] Every night I heard my Mama pray

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

[00:02:04] So years have passed and all the kids are grown

[00:02:07] The angels took Mama to a brand new home

[00:02:09] Lord knows people I shedded tears

[00:02:12] But my daddy's voice kept me through the years

[00:02:14] Patches I'm depending on you son

[00:02:18] To pull the family through

[00:02:21] My son it's all left up to you

[00:02:25] I can still hear Papa's voice saying

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

[00:02:31] To pull the family through

[00:02:34] My son it's all left up to you