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Verse 1
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I was born and raised down in
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Alabama, on a farm way
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back up in the wood s.
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Boy, I was so ragged,
Patches.
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Papa used to tease me about it,
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Daddy was certain cuz he'd
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My papa was a great old man,
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I could see him with a shovel in his hand.
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See, education that he never had
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But he did wonders
when the times got bad
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But the little money from
the crops we raised
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Well, it paid the bills we made
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Oh, life whipped him down
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to the ground
And when he tried to get up
Life would kick him back down
And that day,
Papa
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He placed his hands on my shoulders
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I just, I'm dependin' on me son
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To pull the family through
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My son is all left up to you
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Two days later
Papa passed away
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An d I became a man that day, so
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Every day I had to work the fields
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But that's the only way we got our music
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I was the oldest of the family
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And everybody else
depended on me
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Through years of past and
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Mama's been living in a brand new home
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God knows it took a lot
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Sweating tears in my
daddy's voice
That's how still he is
He said,
Patches, I'm depending on you, son
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Please pull my family through
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My son is forever to you
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Daddy had been sick for a long time,
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flat on his back.
Every evening after we'd finish our
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chores and eat our dinner,
we'd all go into
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Papa's room and cheer him up some.
Daddy was in good spirits,
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sit ting on the side of the bed, telling
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Mama about how good she looked.
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Papa had a pain in his chest.
I was too young to understand
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Talkin' about a heart attack, y 'all
Mama rushed all of us from the room and
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into the hallway
About ten minutes later
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She came out with tears in her eyes
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She called out to me, she said,
Patches,
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Patches, boy, you come in
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Your daddy wants to see you
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Papa lay.
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Daddy had tears in his eyes.
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I knew something was wrong because
Daddy was a poor man.
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But all my life he'd been a proud man.
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I knelt down on one knee beside
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Papa put his hand on my shoulder.
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Patches,
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Patches brought a hammer of life
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Papa down to the ground.
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And I ain't got nobody to turn to to take care
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of more than the young ones
So what I want you to promise me,
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son, is that you're gonna do your best
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Help your mama as much as you can
Papa, I'm gonna do my best
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But little did I know then like I know now
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That trying to climb life's mountain
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Searching for a top where there ain't no top
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Sometimes you find yourself frustrated,
lazy
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But you see, every time I feel like I
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can't sing my song like I want
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Write my song like I want
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I just live my life like I want to live it
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My mind goes back to that day, y 'all
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And I see them tears in daddy's eyes
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But most of all,
Patches, I'm depending on you, boy
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Every time I feel like giving up
Patches,
Patches,
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Patches
I'm depending on you, son
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I tried to do my best
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It's up you, up to you to do the rest
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Every time I feel like I can 't climb,
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I smell it, hear patches
I'm dependin' on you, son
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I try to do my best
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It's up to you to do the rest
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Patches, I'm dependin' on you, son
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Please pull my family through
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My son is all left up to you
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Patches, I'm depending on you,
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son I tried to do my best
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It's up to you to do the rest
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Patches, I'm depending on you, son
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