[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