Patches

[ti:Patches] [ar:Clarence Carter] [al:Muscle Shoals Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.21]Patches - Clarence Carter (克拉伦斯·卡特) [00:00.81]Written by：Johnson Nor/Ronald Dunb [00:01.01]I was born and raised down in Alabama [00:03.06] [00:04.31]On a farm way back up in the woods [00:06.07] [00:06.67]I was so ragged that folks used to call me [00:08.55]Patches [00:08.86] [00:09.43]Papa used to tease me about it [00:10.75]'Cause deep down inside he was hurt [00:12.27]'Cause he'd done all he could [00:13.54] [00:15.42]My papa was a great old man [00:17.28] [00:18.23]I can see him with a shovel in his hands see [00:20.69] [00:21.48]Education he never had [00:23.27] [00:24.14]He did wonders when the times got bad [00:26.25] [00:27.05]The little money from the crops he raised [00:29.26] [00:30.06]Barely paid the bills we made [00:32.11]For life had kick him down to the ground [00:35.24]When he tried to get up [00:36.68]Life would kick him back down [00:38.27]One day papa called me to his dyin' bed [00:41.07]Put his hands on my shoulders [00:42.73]And in his tears he said [00:43.88]He said [00:44.26]Patches [00:44.67] [00:45.45]I'm dependin' on you son [00:47.61] [00:48.65]To pull the family through [00:50.58] [00:51.64]My son it's all left up to you [00:55.42] [01:00.41]Two days later papa passed away and [01:02.34] [01:03.35]I became a man that day [01:04.64] [01:05.72]So I told mama I was gonna quit school but [01:08.06] [01:08.66]She said that was daddy's strictest rule [01:10.64] [01:11.46]So every mornin' 'fore I went to school [01:13.50] [01:14.33]I fed the chickens and I chopped wood too [01:16.84]Sometimes I felt that I couldn't go on [01:19.38] [01:19.89]I wanted to leave just run away from home [01:22.85]But I would remember what my daddy said [01:25.30] [01:25.99]With tears in his eyes on his dyin' bed [01:28.55]He said [01:28.95]Patches [01:29.93]I'm dependin' on you son [01:32.11] [01:33.11]I tried to do my best [01:35.24] [01:36.08]It's up to you to do the rest [01:40.14] [01:45.07]Then one day a strong rain came [01:46.97]And washed all the crops away [01:48.71] [01:49.91]And at the age of 13 I thought [01:52.20]I was carryin' the weight of the [01:53.73]Whole world on my shoulders [01:55.07] [01:55.61]And you know mama knew [01:56.54]What I was goin' through 'cause [01:58.50] [01:59.31]Every day I had to work the fields [02:01.38] [02:02.04]'Cause that's the only way we got our meals [02:04.52]You see I was the oldest of the family [02:06.83] [02:07.97]And everybody else depended on me [02:10.13] [02:11.01]Every night I heard my mama pray [02:13.37]Lord give him the strength to make another day [02:16.26]So years have passed and all the kids are grown [02:19.33]The angels took mama to a brand new home [02:22.28]Lord knows people I shed tears [02:25.38]But my daddy's voice kept me through the years [02:28.30]Sing [02:28.66]Patches I'm dependin' on you son [02:31.81] [02:32.90]To pull the family through [02:34.92] [02:35.92]My son it's all left up to you [02:39.86] [02:41.32]Oh I can still hear papa's voice sayin' [02:43.75]Patches I'm dependin' on you son [02:46.80] [02:47.75]I've tried to do my best [02:49.90] [02:50.84]It's up to you to do the rest [02:54.78] [02:56.07]I can still hear papa what he said [02:57.85] [02:58.53]Patches [02:59.46]I'm dependin' on you son [03:01.71] [03:02.74]To pull the family through [03:04.81] [03:05.85]My son it's all left up to you