I was born and raised down in On a farm way up in the woods Oh, I was so ragged, used call me Patches Papa used to me about it But down inside dad was hurtin' 'Cause he done the he could do
My was a great old man I can see him with a shovel in his Education never had But he did wonders when the got bad The money from the crops we raised Barely the bills we made
Oh, life put him down to the When he tried to get up, life would him back down On the day papa me to his dying bed his hands 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, I had to work the fields 'Cause that's the way we got our meals See, I was the oldest of the And was depending on me
Now, years have passed, everybody's been 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 the family through, my son, it's all left up to you"
Daddy had been sick for a long time, flat on his Every evening after we'd our chores and eat our dinner We'd all go papa's room to cheer him up a little And this particular day, Dad was in good Sitting on the of the bed telling mama how good she looked When all of a papa had a pain in his chest
I was too young to understand, talking about a heart here Mama rushed all of us out of the room into the About ten later she came out with tears in her eyes She out to me "Patches, patches get in here boy you're Daddy to see you" I went running to papa's room papa lay there
Daddy had tears in his eyes, I knew something was 'Cause Daddy was a poor man but all of my life he'd been a man I knelt on one knee beside the bed Papa put his on my shoulder He said, "Patches, Patches boy, the of life done beat Your old papa down to the and I ain't got nobody To turn to take care of and the young ones"
"So, I want you to do is promise me son Is that you're gonna do best to help your mama As as you can", I said, "Papa I'm gonna do my best" But little did I know then I know right now That trying to life's mountain Searching for a top there ain't no top
Sometimes you find frustrated, lazy But every time I feel like I can't live my like I want to My mind goes back to day When I see tears in my Daddy's eyes But most of all I remember his "Patches, I'm on you boy"
Every time I feel like giving up I 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 I've tried to do my best, up you to do the rest"
"Patches, I'm on you son To pull the family through, my son, all left up to you"