Patches-Clarence Carter

[ti:] [ar:] [al:] [by:时间戳工具V2.0_20200810] [offset:0] [00:00.51]I was born and raised down in alabama [00:11.84]On a farm way back up in the woods [00:21.41]I was so ragged the folks used to call me patches [00:33.61]Papa used to tease me about it 'course deep down inside [00:44.83]He was hurt 'cause he'd done all he could [00:52.45]My papa was a great old man [01:00.94]I can see him with a shovel in his hand [01:07.08]See [01:07.79]Education he never had [01:11.61]He did wonders when the times got bad [01:20.83]The little money from the crops he raised [01:25.84]Barely paid the bills we made [01:32.83]Oh life had kicked him down to the ground [01:37.50]When he tried to get up life would kick him back down [01:44.33]One day papa called me to his dyin' bed [01:47.69]Put his hands on my shoulders and in tears he said [01:53.80]He said patches [01:56.23]I'm depending on you son [01:59.17]To pull the family through [02:02.16]My son [02:02.93]It's all left up to you [02:06.99]Spoken： [02:11.67]Two days later papa passed away [02:14.00]And I became a man that day [02:16.96]So I told mama I was gonna quit school [02:18.81]But she said that was daddy's strictest rule [02:22.19]So every morning 'fore I went to school [02:25.18]I fed the chickens and I chopped wood too [02:27.60]Sometimes I felt that I couldn't go on [02:30.84]I wanted to leave just run away from home [02:33.85]But I would remember what my daddy said [02:37.01]With tears in his eyes on his dyin' bed [02:39.41]He said [02:39.80]Patches [02:41.13]I'm depending on you son [02:44.28]I tried to do my best [02:47.34]It's up to you to do the rest [02:56.54]Spoken： [02:56.96]Then one day a strong rain came [02:59.09]And washed all the crops away [03:02.31]And at the age of thirteen I thought I was carrying [03:04.62]The weight of the whole world on my shoulders [03:07.63]And you know [03:08.14]Mama knew what I was going through [03:09.58]'Cause [03:10.85]Everyday I had to work the fields [03:13.70]'Cause that's the only way we got our meals [03:15.98]See [03:16.49]I was the oldest of the family [03:19.80]And everybody else depended on me [03:22.94]Every night I heard my mama pray [03:25.32]Lord [03:26.27]Give him strength to make another day [03:28.32]Though years have passed and all the kids are grown [03:31.39]The angels took mama to a brand new home [03:34.31]Lord knows people [03:36.20]I shed a tear [03:37.36]My daddy's voice helped me through the years [03:40.15]Sayin [03:40.48]Patches [03:41.70]I'm depending on you son [03:44.56]To pull the family through [03:47.64]My son [03:48.58]It's all left up to you [03:52.48]Oh [03:52.98]I could still hear papa's voice sayin' [03:55.65]Patches [03:56.88]I'm depending on you son [04:00.09]I tried to do my best [04:03.42]It's up to you to do the rest [04:05.60]I could still hear papa when he's sayin' [04:10.07]Patches [04:21.57]I'm depending on you son [04:23.97]To pull the family through [04:26.72]My son [04:28.79]It's all left up to you [04:30.39]Fade