Patches-Clarence Carter

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以下歌词翻译由微信翻译提供 [00:02.48]I was born and raised down in Alabama
我在阿拉巴马州出生长大 [00:04.40] [00:05.33]On a farm way back up in the woods
在一个农场回到树林里 [00:07.53]I was so raggedy folks used call me Patches
我衣衫褴褛大家都叫我补丁 [00:10.57]Papa used to tease me out it
爸爸曾经逗我开心 [00:12.47]Deep down inside he was hurt
内心深处他很受伤 [00:13.88]Abuse he done all he could
虐待他竭尽所能 [00:15.30] [00:16.44]My papa was a great ol man
我的爸爸是个伟大的老人 [00:18.45] [00:19.16]I can see him with a shovel in his hand
我看见他手里拿着一把铁锹 [00:21.36]See education he never had
他从未受过教育 [00:24.14] [00:24.85]But he did wonders when the time got bad
但他在关键时刻创造了奇迹 [00:27.14] [00:27.82]The little money from the crops he raised
他种庄稼挣到的一点钱 [00:30.24] [00:30.74]Barely paid the bills we made
我们几乎还不起账单 [00:32.78]Oh life it kicked him down to the ground
生活将他击倒在地 [00:35.81]When he tried to get up life would kick him back down
当他试图振作起来生活会将他击倒 [00:38.71]One day papa called me to his dying bed
有一天爸爸把我叫到他奄奄一息的床前 [00:41.64]Put his hands on my shoulders and in tears he said
他把手放在我的肩上流着泪说 [00:44.80]He said Patches
他说补丁 [00:45.88]I depending on you son
我指望着你孩子 [00:48.07] [00:48.95]To pull the family through
让家人度过难关 [00:51.02] [00:51.84]My son it all left up to you
孩子一切都取决于你 [00:56.70] [01:00.82]Two days later papa passed away
两天后爸爸去世了 [01:02.78] [01:03.55]And I became a man that day
那一天我变成了男子汉 [01:05.15] [01:06.40]So I told mama I was gonna quit school
所以我告诉妈妈我要辍学 [01:08.05]But she said that was daddy strictest rule
可她说那是爸爸最严格的规定 [01:10.65] [01:11.50]So every morning ore I went to school
所以每天早上我都去上学 [01:13.88] [01:14.40]I fed the chickens and I chopped wood too
我养鸡我砍柴 [01:16.56]Sometimes I felt that I couldn't go on
有时我觉得我无法继续下去 [01:19.71]I wanted to leave just run away from home
我想离开逃离家乡 [01:22.54]But I would remember what my daddy said
但我会记住我爸爸说的话 [01:25.40]With tears in his eyes on his dying bed
在他奄奄一息的床上眼含泪水 [01:28.31]He said Patches
他说补丁 [01:29.06] [01:29.60]I depending on you son
我指望着你孩子 [01:31.83] [01:32.63]I tried to do my best
我竭尽全力 [01:34.82] [01:35.55]It up to you to do the rest
剩下的一切由你来决定 [01:40.65] [01:44.51]Then one day a strong rain came
后来有一天下起了倾盆大雨 [01:46.35]And washed all the crops away
冲走了所有的庄稼 [01:48.81] [01:50.18]And at the age of 13
在我十三岁的时候 [01:51.56]I thought I was carrying the weight of the whole world on my shoulders
我以为我肩负着全世界的重担 [01:55.51]Mama knew what I was going through
妈妈知道我在经历什么 [01:57.17]Because every day I had to work the fields
因为我每天都要在地里干活 [02:00.70] [02:01.21]Abuse that the only way we got our meals
滥用那种东西这是我们吃饭的唯一方式 [02:03.37]You see I was the oldest of the family
你看我是家里最大的孩子 [02:06.35] [02:06.96]And everybody else depended on me
每个人都指望着我 [02:09.27] [02:10.03]Every night I heard my mama pray
每天晚上我都听到妈妈祈祷 [02:12.35]Lord give him strength to face another day
上帝给他力量去面对新的一天 [02:14.91]4 years have passed and all the kids have grown
四年过去了孩子们都长大了 [02:18.09]The angels took mama to a brand new home
天使带妈妈去了一个新家 [02:20.72]God knows people I she'd tears
上帝知道人们我她会伤心落泪 [02:23.63]But my daddy voice kept me through the years
但我爸爸的声音让我支撑了这么多年 [02:26.51]Saying Patches
说是补丁 [02:27.94]I depending on you son
我指望着你孩子 [02:29.98] [02:30.93]To pull the family through
让家人度过难关 [02:33.11] [02:33.96]My son it all left up to you
孩子一切都取决于你 [02:38.19] [02:40.58]He said Patches
他说补丁 [02:42.67]I depending on you son
我指望着你孩子 [02:44.79] [02:45.65]I tried to do my best
我竭尽全力 [02:48.00] [02:48.66]It up to you to do the rest
剩下的一切由你来决定