Patches-Various Artists

[ti:Patches] [ar:Various Artists] [al:Soul Party] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Patches - Various Artists (欧美群星) [00:00.65]Written by：Ronald Dunbar/General Johnson [00:01.31]I was born and raised down in Alabama [00:03.45] [00:04.41]On a little farm way back up in the woods [00:06.93]I was so ragged that folks used to call me patches [00:09.55]Papa used to tease me about it [00:11.09]'Cause deep down inside he was hurt [00:12.90]'Cause he'd done all he could [00:14.26] [00:15.88]My papa was a great old man [00:18.00] [00:18.77]I can see him with a shovel in his hands see [00:21.57]Education he never had [00:23.94] [00:24.44]But he did wonders when the times got bad [00:27.41]The little money from the crops he raised [00:30.39]Barely paid the bills we made [00:32.65]For life had kick him down to the ground [00:35.67]When he tried to get up life would kick him back down [00:38.61]One day papa called me to his dyin' bed [00:41.68]Put his hands on my shoulders and in his tears he said [00:44.41]He said patches [00:45.81]I'm dependin' on you son [00:48.27] [00:49.22]To pull the family through [00:51.37] [00:52.18]My son it's all left up to you [00:56.66] [01:01.03]Two days later papa passed away and [01:03.08] [01:03.85]I became a man that day [01:05.50] [01:06.03]So I told mama I was gonna quit school but [01:08.24]She said that was daddy's strictest rule [01:11.11] [01:11.96]So every mornin' 'fore I went to school [01:14.85]I fed the chickens and I chopped wood too [01:17.16]Sometimes I felt that I couldn't go on [01:20.44]I wanted to leave just run away from home [01:23.40]But I would remember what my daddy said [01:26.48]With tears in his eyes on his dyin' bed [01:29.13]He said patches [01:30.27]I'm dependin' on you son [01:32.82] [01:33.76]I tried to do my best [01:35.79] [01:36.59]It's up to you to do the rest [01:41.19] [01:45.69]Then one day a strong rain came [01:47.63]And washed all the crops away [01:49.97] [01:50.65]And at the age of 13 I thought [01:52.54]I was carryin' the weight of the [01:53.83]Whole world on my shoulders [01:55.68]And you know mama knew [01:56.75]What I was goin' through 'cause [01:58.93] [01:59.46]Every day I had to work the fields [02:02.46]'Cause that's the only way we got our meals [02:04.58]You see I was the oldest of the family [02:07.79] [02:08.33]And everybody else depended on me [02:10.69] [02:11.58]Every night I heard my mama pray [02:13.94]Lord give him the strength to face another day [02:16.56]So years have passed and all the kids are grown [02:19.83]The angels took mama to a brand new home [02:22.65]Lord knows people I shedded tears [02:25.53]But my daddy's voice kept me through the years [02:28.47]Sing patches [02:29.56]I'm dependin' on you son [02:32.21] [02:33.11]To pull the family through [02:35.14] [02:36.02]My son it's all left up to you [02:40.44] [02:41.24]Oh I can still hear papa's voice sayin' patches [02:44.40]I'm dependin' on you son [02:47.08] [02:47.92]I've tried to do my best [02:50.03] [02:50.74]It's up to you to do the rest