Patches-Clarence Carter

[ti:Patches] [ar:Clarence Carter] [al:Country & Western] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Patches - Clarence Carter
以下歌词翻译由微信翻译提供 [00:01.21]I was born and raised down in Alabama
我在阿拉巴马州出生长大 [00:03.64] [00:04.52]On a farm way back up in the woods
在一个农场回到树林里 [00:07.01]I was so ragged that folks used to call me Patches
我衣衫褴褛大家都叫我补丁包 [00:09.76]Papa used to tease me about it
爸爸曾经拿这件事取笑我 [00:11.69]'Cause deep down inside he was hurt
因为他内心深处很受伤 [00:13.50]'Cause he'd done all he could
因为他已经竭尽所能 [00:14.63]My papa was a great old man
我的爸爸是一位伟大的老人 [00:17.62] [00:18.44]I can see him with a shovel in his hands see
我看见他手里拿着铁锹 [00:21.37]Education he never had
他从未接受过教育 [00:23.18] [00:23.86]He did wonders when the times got bad
他在艰难时期创造了奇迹 [00:26.38] [00:27.00]The little money from the crops he raised
他种庄稼挣到的一点钱 [00:29.99]Barely paid the bills we made
我们几乎还不起账单 [00:32.43]For life had kick him down to the ground
因为生活把他打倒在地 [00:35.36]When he tried to get up
当他试图站起来时 [00:36.67]Life would kick him back down
生活会将他击倒 [00:38.11]One day Papa called me to his dyin' bed
有一天爸爸叫我去他奄奄一息的床前 [00:40.85]Put his hands on my shoulders
他把手放在我的肩上 [00:42.29]And in his tears he said
他流着泪说 [00:44.47]He said Patches
他说补丁 [00:45.35]I'm dependin' on you son
我指望着你孩子 [00:47.41] [00:48.09]To pull the family through
让家人度过难关 [00:50.09] [00:50.90]My son it's all left up to you
孩子一切都取决于你 [00:55.08] [00:59.88]Two days later Papa passed away and
两天后爸爸去世了 [01:01.69]I became a man that day
那一天我变成了男子汉 [01:06.22]So I told Mama I was gonna quit school but
所以我告诉妈妈我要辍学但是 [01:08.34]She said that was Daddy's strictest rule
她说那是爸爸最严格的规矩 [01:10.71]So ev'ry mornin' 'fore I went to school
所以每天早上去学校之前 [01:12.83] [01:13.52]I fed the chickens and I chopped wood too
我养鸡我砍柴 [01:15.89]Sometimes I felt that I couldn't go on
有时我觉得我无法继续下去 [01:18.95]I wanted to leave just run away from home
我想离开逃离家乡 [01:21.76]But I would remember what my daddy said
但我会记住我爸爸说的话 [01:24.69]With tears in his eyes on his dyin' bed
躺在奄奄一息的床上双眼含泪 [01:27.56]He said Patches
他说补丁 [01:28.25]I'm dependin' on you son
我指望着你孩子 [01:30.99] [01:31.68]I tried to do my best
我竭尽全力 [01:34.05] [01:34.74]It's up to you to do the rest
剩下的就看你自己了 [01:39.60] [01:43.60]Then one day a strong rain came
后来有一天下起了倾盆大雨 [01:45.73] [01:46.36]And washed all the crops away
冲走了所有的庄稼 [01:47.98] [01:49.29]And at the age of 13 I thought
在十三岁的时候我以为 [01:51.29]I was carryin' the weight of the
我背负着巨大的压力 [01:52.97]Whole world on my shoulders
我肩负整个世界 [01:54.10]And you know Mama knew
你知道妈妈知道 [01:55.66]What I was goin' through 'cause
我所经历的一切 [01:56.84]Ev'ry day I had to work the fields
每一天我都得在地里干活 [02:00.27]'Cause that's the only way we got our meals
因为这是我们吃饭的唯一方式 [02:02.58]You see I was the oldest of the family
你看我是家里最大的孩子 [02:05.49] [02:06.12]And ev'rybody else depended on me
每个人都指望着我 [02:08.23] [02:09.17]Ev'ry night I heard my Mama pray
每天晚上我都听到妈妈祈祷 [02:11.48]Lord give him the strength to face another day
上帝给他力量去面对新的一天 [02:14.42]So years have passed and all the kids are grown
多年过去了孩子们都长大了 [02:17.28]The angels took Mama to a brand new home
天使带妈妈去了一个新家 [02:20.17]Lord knows people I shedded tears
上帝知道我流下了眼泪 [02:23.04]But my daddy's voice kept me through the years
但我爸爸的声音让我支撑了这么多年 [02:25.91]Patches I'm dependin' on you son
小子我指望着你 [02:29.03] [02:30.27]To pull the family through
让家人度过难关 [02:32.02] [02:33.02]It's all left up to you
一切都由你决定 [02:42.54]Patches I'm dependin' on you son
小子我指望着你 [02:44.28] [02:44.91]I've tried to do my best
我已经竭尽全力 [02:46.90] [02:47.98]It's up to you to do the rest
剩下的就看你自己了 [02:52.35] [02:52.98]I can still hear Papa what he said
我依然能听到爸爸说的话