Patches-Clarence Carter

[ti:Patches] [ar:Clarence Carter] [al:Slip Away And Other Hits] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Patches - Clarence Carter (克拉伦斯·卡特) [00:02.45]I was born and raised down in Alabama [00:05.26]On a farm way back up in the woods [00:07.76]I was so raggedy folks used call me atches [00:10.37]Papa used to tease me out it [00:12.13]Of course deep down inside he was hurt [00:14.12]Ause he done all he could [00:16.43]My papa was a great ol man [00:19.42]I can see him with a shovel in his hand [00:21.98]See education he never had [00:25.36]But he did wonders when the time got bad [00:28.16]The little money from the crops he raised [00:31.16]Barely paid the bills we made [00:33.72]Oh life it kicked him down to the ground [00:36.46]When he tried to get up life would kick him back down [00:39.26]One day papa called me to his dyin bed [00:42.20]Put his hands on my shoulders and in tears he said [00:45.13]He said atches [00:46.57]I dependin on you son [00:49.88]To pull the family through [00:52.68]My son it all left up to you [01:01.54]Two days later papa passed away [01:04.35]And I became a man that day [01:06.72]So I told mama I was gonna quit school [01:09.16]But she said that was daddy strictest rule [01:12.59]So every morning ore I went to school [01:15.52]I fed the chickens and I chopped wood too [01:17.96]Sometimes I felt that I couldn go on [01:21.14]I wanted to leave just run away from home [01:23.95]But I would remember what my daddy said [01:27.00]With tears in his eyes on his dyin bed [01:29.75]He said atches [01:31.06]I dependin on you son [01:34.24]I tried to do my best [01:37.36]It up to you to do the rest [01:46.28]But then one day a strong rain came [01:48.40]And washed all the crops away [01:50.72]And at the age of 13 [01:52.96]I thought I was carryin the weight of the whole world on my shoulders [01:56.28]And you know mama knew what I was going through [01:59.52]Ause every day I had to work the fields [02:03.32]Ause that the only way we got our meals [02:05.69]You see I was the oldest of the family [02:09.01]And everybody else depended on me [02:12.37]Every night I heard my mama pray [02:14.81]Lord give him strength to face another day [02:17.55]4 years have passed and all the kids have grown [02:20.86]The angels took mama to a brand new home [02:23.79]God knows people I she＇d tears [02:26.47]But my daddy voice kept me through the years [02:29.66]Sayin atches [02:30.47]I dependin on you son [02:34.27]To pull the family through [02:37.27]My son it all left up to you [02:42.96]I can still hear papa when he said atches [02:45.30]I dependin on you son [02:49.05]I tried to do my best [02:52.23]It up to you to do the rest