I was born and raised down in On a way back up in the woods Oh, I was so ragged, folks used me Patches Papa used to me about it But deep down dad was hurtin' he done the best he could do
My was a great old man I can see him with a in his hand daddy never had But he did when the times got bad The little money from the crops we Barely paid the bills we
Oh, life put him to the ground When he tried to get up, life would kick him down On the day papa called me to his bed Placed his hands on my shoulders and in tears he
"Patches, I'm on you son To pull the family through, my son, it's all up to you"
Two days later papa passed 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 of the family And was depending on me
Now, years have passed, everybody's Mama's been living in a brand new Lord knows it took a lot of and tears And my daddy's voice helped us through the years
He said, "Patches, I'm on you son To pull the family through, my son, it's all up to you"
Daddy had 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 particular day, Dad was in spirits Sitting on the side of the bed telling mama how she looked When all of a sudden papa had a pain in his
I was too young to understand, talking about a heart here Mama rushed all of us out of the into the hallway About ten minutes later she came out with tears in her She out to me "Patches, patches get in here boy you're Daddy to see you" I went running to room there papa lay there
had tears in his eyes, I knew something was wrong 'Cause Daddy was a poor man but all of my he'd 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 you to do is promise me son Is that you're gonna do your best to your mama As much as you can", I said, "Papa I'm do my best" But little did I know then like I right now That to climb life's mountain Searching for a top there ain't no top
Sometimes you yourself frustrated, lazy But every time I feel like I can't live my like I want to My mind goes back to day I see those tears in my Daddy's eyes But most of all I his words "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 the family through, my son, it's all left up to you"