[00:00.00]时代音乐网 www.78497.com  [00:02.21]I was born and raised down in Alabama [00:04.89]On a farm way back up in the woods [00:07.58]I was so ragged that folks used to call me Patches [00:10.13]Papa used to tease me about it [00:12.01]'Cause deep down inside he was hurt [00:13.94]'Cause he'd done all he could [00:17.00]My papa was a great old man [00:19.43]I can see him with a shovel in his hands  see [00:23.05]Education he never had [00:25.61]He did wonders when the times got bad [00:28.85]The little money from the crops he raised [00:31.72]Barely paid the bills we made [00:34.48]For  life had kick him down to the ground [00:36.91]When he tried to get up [00:38.66]Life would kick him back down [00:40.09]One day Papa called me to his dyin' bed [00:42.71]Put his hands on my shoulders [00:44.58]And in his tears he said [00:46.02]He said  Patches [00:47.67]I'm dependin' on you  son [00:50.85]To pull the family through [00:53.47]My son  it's all left up to you [01:02.02]Two days later Papa passed away  and [01:04.83]I became a man that day [01:06.64]So I told Mama I was gonna quit school  but [01:10.51]She said that was Daddy's strictest rule [01:13.50]So ev'ry mornin' 'fore I went to school [01:16.50]I fed the chickens and I chopped wood too [01:18.93]Sometimes I felt that I couldn't go on [01:21.99]I wanted to leave  just run away from home [01:24.80]But I would remember what my daddy said [01:27.73]With tears in his eyes on his dyin' bed [01:30.91]He said  Patches [01:32.53]I'm dependin' on you  son [01:35.28]I tried to do my best [01:38.34]It's up to you to do the rest [01:47.06]Then one day a strong rain came [01:49.99]And washed all the crops away [01:52.61]And at the age of 13 I thought [01:54.48]I was carryin' the weight of the [01:56.42]Whole world on my shoulders [01:58.54]And you know  Mama knew [01:59.72]What I was goin' through  'cause [02:01.59]Ev'ry day I had to work the fields [02:04.15]'Cause that's the only way we got our meals [02:06.53]You see  I was the oldest of the family [02:10.02]And ev'rybody else depended on me [02:13.26]Ev'ry night I heard my Mama pray [02:16.13]Lord  give him the strength to face another day [02:18.76]So years have passed and all the kids are grown [02:21.89]The angels took Mama to a brand new home [02:24.57]Lord knows  people  I shedded tears [02:27.56]But my daddy's voice kept me through the years [02:30.65]Patches  I'm dependin' on you  son [02:34.94]I've tried to do my best [02:37.95]It's up to you to do the rest [02:43.98]Oh  I can still hear Papa's voice sayin' [02:45.48]Patches  I'm dependin' on you  son [02:49.78]I've tried to do my best [02:52.78]It's up to you to do the rest