clarence carter《Patches》[MP3_LRC]

[00:00.00]90听音乐网 www.90T8.com  [00:01.77]I was born and raised down in Alabama [00:04.58]On a farm way back up in the woods [00:06.95]I was so ragged that folks used to call me Patches [00:09.82]Papa used to tease me about it [00:11.69]'Cause deep down inside he was hurt [00:13.19]'Cause he'd done all he could [00:15.62]My papa was a great old man [00:17.87]I can see him with a shovel in his hands  see [00:21.36]Education he never had [00:23.98]He did wonders when the times got bad [00:27.04]The little money from the crops he raised [00:29.98]Barely paid the bills we made [00:32.28]For  life had kick him down to the ground [00:35.34]When he tried to get up [00:36.65]Life would kick him back down [00:37.96]One day papa called me to his dyin' bed [00:40.90]Put his hands on my shoulders [00:42.52]And in his tears he said [00:44.20]He said  "Patches [00:44.89]I'm dependin' on you  son [00:48.01]To pull the family through [00:50.88]My son  it's all left up to you" [00:59.99]Two days later papa passed away [01:02.67]And I became a man that day [01:05.60]So I told mama I was gonna quit school [01:07.60]But she said that was daddy's strictest rule [01:10.66]So every mornin' 'fore I went to school [01:13.28]I fed the chickens and I chopped wood too [01:15.90]Sometimes I felt that I couldn't go on [01:18.77]I wanted to leave  just run away from home [01:21.95]But I would remember what my daddy said [01:24.76]With tears in his eyes on his dyin' bed [01:27.32]He said  "Patches [01:28.13]I'm dependin' on you  son [01:31.56]I tried to do my best [01:34.81]It's up to you to do the rest" [01:43.73]Then one day a strong rain came and washed all the crops away [01:49.47]And at the age of thirteen I thought I was carryin' [01:51.91]The weight of the whole world on my shoulders [01:53.84]And you know  Mama knew what I was goin' through  'cause [01:56.84]Every day I had to work the fields [02:00.39]'Cause that's the only way we got our meals [02:02.70]See  I was the oldest of the family [02:06.19]And everybody else depended on me [02:09.13]Every night I heard my mama pray [02:11.56]Lord  give him the strength [02:13.49]To make another day [02:14.30]So years have passed and all the kids are grown [02:17.17]The angels took mama to a brand new home [02:20.23]Lord knows  people  I shedded tears [02:22.92]But my daddy's voice kept me through the years [02:25.85]Sing  "Patches [02:26.66]I'm dependin' on you  son [02:29.97]To pull the family through [02:32.90]My son  it's all left up to you" [02:39.67]I'm dependin' on you  son [02:44.60]I've tried to do my best [02:47.91]It's up to you to do the rest"