Patches Lyrics - Alabama

(Spoken) 

I was born and raised down in Alabama 

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. 

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(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. 

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(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...