Patches-Clarence Carter

[ti:Patches] [ar:Clarence Carter] [al:Clarence Carter - Soul Selection] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Patches - Clarence Carter [00:02.48]I was born and raised down in Alabama [00:04.40] [00:05.33]On a farm way back up in the woods [00:07.53]I was so raggedy folks used call me Patches [00:10.57]Papa used to tease me out it [00:12.47]Deep down inside he was hurt [00:13.88]Abuse he done all he could [00:15.30] [00:16.44]My papa was a great ol man [00:18.45] [00:19.16]I can see him with a shovel in his hand [00:21.36]See education he never had [00:24.14] [00:24.85]But he did wonders when the time got bad [00:27.14] [00:27.82]The little money from the crops he raised [00:30.24] [00:30.74]Barely paid the bills we made [00:32.78]Oh life it kicked him down to the ground [00:35.81]When he tried to get up life would kick him back down [00:38.71]One day papa called me to his dying bed [00:41.64]Put his hands on my shoulders and in tears he said [00:44.80]He said Patches [00:45.88]I depending on you son [00:48.07] [00:48.95]To pull the family through [00:51.02] [00:51.84]My son it all left up to you [00:56.70] [01:00.82]Two days later papa passed away [01:02.78] [01:03.55]And I became a man that day [01:05.15] [01:06.40]So I told mama I was gonna quit school [01:08.05]But she said that was daddy strictest rule [01:10.65] [01:11.50]So every morning ore I went to school [01:13.88] [01:14.40]I fed the chickens and I chopped wood too [01:16.56]Sometimes I felt that I couldn't go on [01:19.71]I wanted to leave just run away from home [01:22.54]But I would remember what my daddy said [01:25.40]With tears in his eyes on his dying bed [01:28.31]He said Patches [01:29.06] [01:29.60]I depending on you son [01:31.83] [01:32.63]I tried to do my best [01:34.82] [01:35.55]It up to you to do the rest [01:40.65] [01:44.51]Then one day a strong rain came [01:46.35]And washed all the crops away [01:48.81] [01:50.18]And at the age of 13 [01:51.56]I thought I was carrying the weight of the whole world on my shoulders [01:55.51]Mama knew what I was going through [01:57.17]Because every day I had to work the fields [02:00.70] [02:01.21]Abuse that the only way we got our meals [02:03.37]You see I was the oldest of the family [02:06.35] [02:06.96]And everybody else depended on me [02:09.27] [02:10.03]Every night I heard my mama pray [02:12.35]Lord give him strength to face another day [02:14.91]4 years have passed and all the kids have grown [02:18.09]The angels took mama to a brand new home [02:20.72]God knows people I she'd tears [02:23.63]But my daddy voice kept me through the years [02:26.51]Saying Patches [02:27.94]I depending on you son [02:29.98] [02:30.93]To pull the family through [02:33.11] [02:33.96]My son it all left up to you [02:38.19] [02:40.58]He said Patches [02:42.67]I depending on you son [02:44.79] [02:45.65]I tried to do my best [02:48.00] [02:48.66]It up to you to do the rest