Song information On this page you can read the lyrics of the song Patches (Re-Recorded) , by - Alabama. Release date: 24.09.2014
Song language: English
Patches (Re-Recorded) |
| On a farm way back up in the woods |
| I was so ragged that folks used to call me Patches |
| Papa used to tease me about it |
| Of course deep down inside he was hurt |
| 'Cause he done all he could |
| (Sang) |
| Papa was a great old man |
| I can see him with a shovel in his hand |
| See, education he never had |
| He did wonders when the times got bad |
| The little money from the crops he raised |
| Barely paid the bills he made |
| So life had kicked him down to the ground |
| When he tried to get up |
| Life would kick him back down |
| One day papa called me to his dyin bed |
| Put his hands on my shoulders |
| Then with a tears he said |
| Patches, I’m depending on you son |
| To pull the family through |
| My son, it’s all left up to you |
| (Spoken) |
| Two days later papa passed away |
| And I became a man that day |
| So I told mama I was gonna quit school |
| She said that was daddy’s strictest rule |
| (Sang) |
| So every morning 'fore I went to school |
| I fed the chickens and I chopped wood too |
| Sometimes I felt that I couldn’t go on |
| I wanted to leave this but I wanted a home |
| But I always remembered what my daddy said |
| With tears in his eyes on his dyin bed |
| He said, «Patches, I’m depending on you son |
| To pull the family through |
| My son, it’s all left up to you |
| (Spoken) |
| Then one day a strong rain came |
| And washed all the crops away |
| And at the age of thirteen I thought I was carrying |
| The weight of the whole world on my shoulders |
| But you know, mama she knew what I was going through |
| (Sang) |
| Everyday I had to work the fields |
| 'Cause that’s the only way we got our meals |
| You see, I was the oldest of a family |
| And everybody else depended on me |
| Every night I heard my mama pray |
| Lord, give him the strength to make another day |
| Though years have passed and all the kids are grown |
| And amgels took my mama to a brand new home |
| Lord knows people that I shed a tear |
| My daddy’s voice kept a-tinging in my ears |
| Sayin, «Patches, I’m depending on you son |
| To pull the family through |
| My son, it’s all left up to you |
| «Patches, I’m depending on you son |
| To pull the family through |
| My son, it’s all left up to you… |