Patches歌词 歌手Clarence Carter-专辑Patches-单曲《Patches》LRC歌词下载

[00:00.000] 作词 : General Johnson/Ronald Dunbar [00:00.429] 作曲 : General Johnson/Ronald Dunbar [00:00.858]I was born and raised down in Alabama [00:04.251]On a farm way back up in the woods [00:06.484]I was so raggedy folks used call me Patches [00:08.752]Papa used to tease me out it [00:11.328]Deep down inside he was hurt [00:12.447]Abuse he done all he could [00:15.155]My papa was a great ol man [00:18.228]I can see him with a shovel in his hand [00:21.017]See education he never had [00:24.090]But he did wonders when the time got bad [00:26.878]The little money from the crops he raised [00:29.678]Barely paid the bills we made [00:32.478]Oh life it kicked him down to the ground [00:35.559]When he tried to get up life would kick him back down [00:38.343]One day papa called me to his dying bed [00:41.146]Put his hands on my shoulders and in tears he said [00:42.262]He said Patches [00:45.050]I depending on you son [00:48.123]To pull the family through [00:53.724]My son it all left up to you [00:58.196] [01:00.146]Two days later papa passed away [01:02.661]And I became a man that day [01:05.453]So I told mama I was gonna quit school [01:08.808]But she said that was daddy strictest rule [01:11.605]So every morning ore I went to school [01:14.406]I fed the chickens and I chopped wood too [01:16.930]Sometimes I felt that I couldn't go on [01:20.004]I wanted to leave just run away from home [01:22.799]But I would remember what my daddy said [01:25.879]With tears in his eyes on his dying bed [01:27.281]He said Patches [01:30.072]I depending on you son [01:32.596]I tried to do my best [01:40.403]It up to you to do the rest [01:45.159]Then one day a strong rain came [01:47.394]And washed all the crops away [01:49.346]And at the age of 13 [01:52.697]I thought I was carrying the weight of the whole world on my shoulders [01:55.769]Mama knew what I was going through [01:59.400]Because every day I had to work the fields [02:02.200]Abuse that the only way we got our meals [02:04.998]You see I was the oldest of the family [02:08.326]And everybody else depended on me [02:11.114]Every night I heard my mama pray [02:13.903]Lord give him strength to face another day [02:16.689]4 years have passed and all the kids have grown [02:22.572]God knows people I she'd tears [02:25.915]But my daddy voice kept me through the years [02:26.754]Saying Patches [02:29.550]I depending on you son [02:32.631]To pull the family through [02:39.074]My son it all left up to you [02:41.804]He said Patches [02:44.604]I depending on you son [02:47.688]I tried to do my best [02:50.527]It up to you to do the rest