《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

[00:00:03] On a farm way back up in the woods

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

[00:00:09] Papa used to tease me ‘bout it

[00:00:11] Of course deep down inside he was hurt

[00:00:13] ‘Cause he’d done all he could

[00:00:16] My papa was a great ol’ 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] 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

[00:00:33] 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 dyin’ 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’m dependin’ on you son

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

[00:00:52] My son it’s 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’s strictest rule

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

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

[00:01:17] Sometimes I felt that I couldn’t go on

[00:01:20] 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 dyin’ bed

[00:01:29] He said “Patches

[00:01:30] I’m dependin’ on you son

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

[00:01:36] It’s up to you to do the rest”

[00:01:45] But then one day a strong rain came

[00:01:47] And washed all the crops away

[00:01:49] And at the age of 13

[00:01:52] I thought I was carryin’ the weight of the whole world on my shoulders

[00:01:55] And you know mama knew what I was going through

[00:01:58] ‘Cause every day I had to work the fields

[00:02:02] ‘Cause that’s the only way we got our meals

[00:02:04] You see I was the oldest of the family

[00:02:08] And everybody else depended on me

[00:02:11] Every night I heard my mama pray

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

[00:02:16] 4 years have passed and all the kids have grown

[00:02:19] The angels took mama to a brand new home

[00:02:22] God knows people I she'd tears

[00:02:25] But my daddy’s voice kept me through the years

[00:02:28] Sayin’ Patches

[00:02:29] I’m dependin on you son

[00:02:32] To pull the family through

[00:02:36] My son it’s all left up to you”

[00:02:41] I can still hear papa when he said “Patches

[00:02:45] I’m dependin’ on you son

[00:02:48] I tried to do my best

[00:02:50] It’s up to you to do the rest”

[00:02:56] I can still hear papa when he said “Patches

[00:02:59] I’m dependin’ on you son

[00:03:03] To pull the family through