I was born and raised down in On a way back up in the woods Oh, I was so ragged, folks call me Patches Papa to tease me about it But deep down inside dad was 'Cause he done the he could do
My was a great old man I can see him a shovel in his hand Education never had But he did when the times got bad The money from the crops we raised Barely paid the bills we
Oh, life put him to the ground When he to get up, life would kick him back down On the day papa called me to his bed Placed his on my shoulders and in tears he said
"Patches, I'm on you son To pull the family through, my son, all left up to you"
Two days papa passed away And I a man that day So, everyday I had to the fields 'Cause that's the only way we got our See, I was the oldest of the And everybody was on me
Now, years have passed, grown Mama's living in a brand new home Lord knows it took a lot of and tears And my daddy's voice helped that us the years
He said, "Patches, I'm on you son To pull the through, my son, it's all left up to you"
had been sick for a long time, flat on his back Every evening we'd finished our chores and eat our dinner We'd all go papa's room to cheer him up a little And this day, Dad was in good spirits Sitting on the side of the bed telling how good she looked When all of a sudden papa had a in his chest
I was too young to understand, about a heart attack here Mama rushed all of us out of the room into the About ten minutes later she came out with tears in her She out to me "Patches, patches get in here boy Daddy want to see you" I went running to room there papa lay there
Daddy had in his eyes, I knew something was wrong 'Cause Daddy was a poor man but all of my life been a proud man I knelt down on one beside the bed Papa put his hand on my He said, "Patches, Patches boy, the hammer of life done Your old down to the ground and I ain't got nobody To turn to take care of mama and the ones"
"So, what I want you to do is me son Is that you're gonna do best to help your mama As much as you can", I said, "Papa I'm do my best" But did I know then like I know right now That trying to climb life's for a top when there ain't no top
Sometimes you yourself frustrated, lazy But every time I feel I can't live my life like I want to My mind goes back to day When I see tears in my Daddy's eyes But of all I remember his words "Patches, I'm on you boy"
Every time I like giving up I hear his voice "Patches, Patches, Patches, Patches"
"I'm on you son I to do my best, it's up you to do the rest"
"Patches, I'm on you son tried to do my best, it's up you to do the rest"
"Patches, I'm on you son To pull the family through, my son, all left up to you"