[00:00.00] 作词 : Ronald Dunbar/General Johnson
[00:00.48] 作曲 : Ron Dunbar/General Johnson
[00:00.96]I was born and raised down in Alabama
[00:03.39]On a farm way back up in the woods
[00:06.30]I was so ragged that folks used to call me Patches
[00:09.42]Papa used to tease me about it
[00:10.86]'Cause deep down inside he was hurt
[00:12.48]'Cause he'd done all he could
[00:15.78]My papa was a great old man
[00:18.81]I can see him with a shovel in his hands, see
[00:21.78]Education he never had
[00:24.87]He did wonders when the times got bad
[00:27.78]The little money from the crops he raised
[00:30.93]Barely paid the bills we made
[00:33.03]For, life had kick him down to the ground
[00:36.24]When he tried to get up
[00:37.62]Life would kick him back down
[00:39.18]One day papa called me to his dyin' bed
[00:42.27]Put his hands on my shoulders
[00:43.92]And in his tears he said
[00:45.18]He said, "Patches
[00:46.68]I'm dependin' on you, son
[00:50.61]To pull the family through
[00:51.90]My son, it's all left up to you"
[01:01.71]Two days later papa passed away
[01:04.71]And I became a man that day
[01:07.14]So I told mama I was gonna quit school
[01:09.06]But she said that was daddy's strictest rule
[01:13.05]So every mornin' 'fore I went to school
[01:16.20]I fed the chickens and I chopped wood too
[01:18.54]Sometimes I felt that I couldn't go on
[01:22.32]I wanted to leave, just run away from home
[01:24.72]But I would remember what my daddy said
[01:27.99]With tears in his eyes on his dyin' bed
[01:30.60]He said, "Patches
[01:33.24]I'm dependin' on you, son
[01:36.09]I tried to do my best
[01:38.49]It's up to you to do the rest"
[01:47.31]Then one day a strong rain came and washed all the crops away
[01:52.59]And at the age of thirteen I thought I was carryin'
[01:55.11]The weight of the whole world on my shoulders
[01:57.93]And you know, Mama knew what I was goin' through, 'cause
[02:01.92]Every day I had to work the fields
[02:04.77]'Cause that's the only way we got our meals
[02:07.26]See, I was the oldest of the family
[02:10.95]And everybody else depended on me
[02:14.19]Every night I heard my mama pray
[02:16.59]Lord, give him the strength
[02:17.97]To make another day
[02:19.95]So years have passed and all the kids are grown
[02:22.77]The angels took mama to a brand new home
[02:26.19]Lord knows, people, I shedded tears
[02:28.53]But my daddy's voice kept me through the years
[02:31.53]Sing, "Patches
[02:32.97]I'm dependin' on you, son
[02:34.23]To pull the family through
[02:34.68]My son, it's all left up to you"
[02:40.41]Oh, I can still hear papa's voice sayin', "Patches
[02:48.06]I'm dependin' on you, son
[02:51.99]I've tried to do my best
[02:54.30]It's up to you to do the rest"