Patches(Re-Recorded/Re-Mastered Version)-Clarence Carter

[ti:Patches (Re-Recordedre-Mastere] [ar:Clarence Carter] [al:Soul Jam Hits] [by:] [offset:0] [00:01.19]I was born and raised down in Alabama [00:03.12] [00:04.24]On a farm way back up in the woods [00:05.91] [00:06.60]I was so ragged the folks used to call me Patches [00:08.41] [00:09.47]Papa used to tease me about it 'Course deep down inside [00:11.32] [00:12.26]He was hurt 'cause he'd done all he could [00:14.11] [00:15.61]My papa was a great old man [00:17.85] [00:18.54]I can see him with a shovel in his hand [00:20.85] [00:21.53]See education he never had [00:23.09] [00:24.34]He did wonders when the times got bad [00:26.15] [00:27.34]The little money from the crops he raised [00:29.40] [00:30.39]Barely paid the bills we made [00:32.02] [00:32.77]Oh life had kicked him down to the ground [00:35.14] [00:35.76]When he tried to get up life would kick him back down [00:38.82]One day papa called me to his dyin' bed [00:41.07] [00:41.75]Put his hands on my shoulders And in tears he said [00:44.18] [00:44.69]He said "Patches I'm depending on you son [00:47.06] [00:48.80]To pull the family through [00:51.05] [00:52.24]My son it's all left up to you [00:55.11] [01:01.16]Two days later papa passed away [01:02.72] [01:04.09]And I became a man that day [01:05.71] [01:06.34]So I told mama I was gonna quit school [01:08.65]But she said that was daddy's strictest rule [01:10.64] [01:12.27]So every morning 'fore I went to school [01:14.45] [01:15.39]I fed the chickens and I chopped wood too [01:17.76]Sometimes I felt that I couldn't go on [01:20.13] [01:20.81]I wanted to leave just run away from home [01:23.87]But I would remember what my daddy said [01:26.31] [01:26.93]With tears in his eyes on his dyin' bed [01:29.80]He said "Patches I'm depending on you son [01:32.86] [01:34.29]I tried to do my best [01:36.29] [01:37.23]It's up to you to do the rest" [01:40.72] [01:46.45]Then one day a strong rain came [01:48.45] [01:49.45]And washed all the crops away [01:51.63]And at the age of thirteen I thought I was carrying [01:55.00]The weight of the whole world on my shoulders [01:57.43]And you know mama knew what I was going through 'cause [02:00.80]Everyday I had to work the fields [02:02.86] [02:03.42]'Cause that's the only way we got our meals [02:05.73] [02:06.35]See I was the oldest of the family [02:08.42] [02:09.41]And everybody else depended on me [02:11.26] [02:12.51]Every night I heard my mama pray [02:14.32] [02:14.95]"Lord give him strength to make another day" [02:17.82]Though years have passed and all the kids are grown [02:21.25]The angels took mama to a brand new home [02:23.93]Lord knows people I shed a tear [02:26.24] [02:26.86]My daddy's voice helped me through the years [02:29.42] [02:30.05]Sayin "Patches I'm depending on you son [02:32.79] [02:33.85]To pull the family through [02:35.79] [02:37.28]My son it's all left up to you" [02:40.28] [02:42.58]Oh I could still hear papa's voice sayin' [02:44.64] [02:45.20]"Patches I'm depending on you son [02:47.83] [02:49.25]I tried to do my best [02:50.94]It's up to you to do the rest"