Patches - Clarence Carter

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Written by：Johnson Nor/Ronald Dunb

I was born and raised down in Alabama

我在阿拉巴马州出生长大

On a farm way back up in the woods

在一个农场回到树林里

I was so ragged that folks used to call me

我衣衫褴褛人们常常叫我

Patches

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Papa used to tease me about it

爸爸曾经拿这件事取笑我

'Cause deep down inside he was hurt

因为他内心深处很受伤

'Cause he'd done all he could

因为他已经竭尽所能

My papa was a great old man

我的爸爸是一位伟大的老人

I can see him with a shovel in his hands see

我看见他手里拿着铁锹

Education he never had

他从未接受过教育

He did wonders when the times got bad

他在艰难时期创造了奇迹

The little money from the crops he raised

他种庄稼挣到的一点钱

Barely paid the bills we made

我们几乎还不起账单

For life had kick him down to the ground

因为生活把他打倒在地

When he tried to get up

当他试图站起来时

Life would kick him back down

生活会将他击倒

One day papa called me to his dyin' bed

有一天爸爸叫我去他奄奄一息的床前

Put his hands on my shoulders

他把手放在我的肩上

And in his tears he said

他流着泪说

He said

他说

Patches

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I'm dependin' on you son

我指望着你孩子

To pull the family through

让家人度过难关

My son it's all left up to you

孩子一切都取决于你

Two days later papa passed away and

两天后爸爸去世了

I became a man that day

那一天我变成了男子汉

So I told mama I was gonna quit school but

所以我告诉妈妈我要辍学但是

She said that was daddy's strictest rule

她说那是爸爸最严格的规矩

So every mornin' 'fore I went to school

所以每天早上我去上学之前

I fed the chickens and I chopped wood too

我养鸡我砍柴

Sometimes I felt that I couldn't go on

有时我觉得我无法继续下去

I wanted to leave just run away from home

我想离开逃离家乡

But I would remember what my daddy said

但我会记住我爸爸说的话

With tears in his eyes on his dyin' bed

躺在奄奄一息的床上双眼含泪

He said

他说

Patches

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I'm dependin' on you son

我指望着你孩子

I tried to do my best

我竭尽全力

It's up to you to do the rest

剩下的就看你自己了

Then one day a strong rain came

后来有一天下起了倾盆大雨

And washed all the crops away

冲走了所有的庄稼

And at the age of 13 I thought

在十三岁的时候我以为

I was carryin' the weight of the

我背负着巨大的压力

Whole world on my shoulders

我肩负整个世界

And you know mama knew

你知道妈妈知道

What I was goin' through 'cause

我所经历的一切

Every day I had to work the fields

每天我都在地里干活

'Cause that's the only way we got our meals

因为这是我们吃饭的唯一方式

You see I was the oldest of the family

你看我是家里最大的孩子

And everybody else depended on me

每个人都指望着我

Every night I heard my mama pray

每天晚上我都听到妈妈祈祷

Lord give him the strength to make another day

上帝给他力量创造新的一天

So years have passed and all the kids are grown

多年过去了孩子们都长大了

The angels took mama to a brand new home

天使带妈妈去了一个新家

Lord knows people I shed tears

上帝知道人们我流下了眼泪

But my daddy's voice kept me through the years

但我爸爸的声音让我支撑了这么多年

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Patches I'm dependin' on you son

小子我指望着你

To pull the family through

让家人度过难关

My son it's all left up to you

孩子一切都取决于你

Oh I can still hear papa's voice sayin'

我依然能听到爸爸的声音

Patches I'm dependin' on you son

小子我指望着你

I've tried to do my best

我已经竭尽全力

It's up to you to do the rest

剩下的就看你自己了

I can still hear papa what he said

我依然能听到爸爸说的话

Patches

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I'm dependin' on you son

我指望着你孩子

To pull the family through

让家人度过难关

My son it's all left up to you

孩子一切都取决于你