clarence carter《Patches》[MP3_LRC]

[00:00.00]90听音乐网 www.90T8.com  [00:01.19]I was born and raised down in Alabama [00:04.24]On a farm way back up in the woods [00:06.60]I was so ragged the folks used to call me Patches [00:09.47]Papa used to tease me about it 'Course deep down inside [00:12.26]He was hurt 'cause he'd done all he could [00:15.61]My papa was a great old man [00:18.54]I can see him with a shovel in his hand [00:21.53]See  education he never had [00:24.34]He did wonders when the times got bad [00:27.34]The little money from the crops he raised [00:30.39]Barely paid the bills we made [00:32.77]Oh life had kicked him down to the ground [00:35.76]When he tried to get up life would kick him back down [00:38.82]One day papa called me to his dyin' bed [00:41.75]Put his hands on my shoulders And in tears he said [00:44.69]He said "Patches  I'm depending on you son [00:48.80]To pull the family through [00:52.24]My son  it's all left up to you [01:01.16]Two days later papa passed away [01:04.09]And I became a man that day [01:06.34]So I told mama I was gonna quit school [01:08.65]But she said that was daddy's strictest rule [01:12.27]So every morning 'fore I went to school [01:15.39]I fed the chickens and I chopped wood too [01:17.76]Sometimes I felt that I couldn't go on [01:20.81]I wanted to leave just run away from home [01:23.87]But I would remember what my daddy said [01:26.93]With tears in his eyes on his dyin' bed [01:29.80]He said  "Patches  I'm depending on you son [01:34.29]I tried to do my best [01:37.23]It's up to you to do the rest" [01:46.45]Then one day a strong rain came [01:49.45]And washed all the crops away [01:51.63]And at the age of thirteen I thought I was carrying [01:55.00]The weight of the whole world on my shoulders [01:57.43]And you know  mama knew what I was going through  'cause [02:00.80]Everyday I had to work the fields [02:03.42]'Cause that's the only way we got our meals [02:06.35]See  I was the oldest of the family [02:09.41]And everybody else depended on me [02:12.51]Every night I heard my mama pray [02:14.95]"Lord  give him strength to make another day" [02:17.82]Though years have passed and all the kids are grown [02:21.25]The angels took mama to a brand new home [02:23.93]Lord knows people  I shed a tear [02:26.86]My daddy's voice helped me through the years [02:30.05]Sayin  "Patches  I'm depending on you son [02:33.85]To pull the family through [02:37.28]My son  it's all left up to you" [02:42.58]Oh  I could still hear papa's voice sayin' [02:45.20]"Patches  I'm depending on you son [02:49.25]I tried to do my best [02:50.94]It's up to you to do  the rest"