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 used to tease me it But deep down inside dad was 'Cause he done the best he do
My was a great old man I can see him with a in his hand Education daddy had But he did wonders when the got bad The little money from the crops we Barely the bills we made
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 hands on my shoulders and in 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 of the family And was depending on me
Now, have passed, everybody's grown Mama's living in a brand new home Lord knows it took a lot of sweat and And my daddy's helped that us through the years
He said, "Patches, I'm on you son To the family 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 all go into 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 good she When all of a sudden papa had a in his chest
I was too young to understand, talking about a heart attack Mama rushed all of us out of the into the hallway About ten minutes she came out with tears in her eyes She out to me "Patches, get in here boy you're Daddy want to see you" I went running to papa's room there papa lay
Daddy had tears in his eyes, I knew was wrong 'Cause Daddy was a man but all of my life he'd been a proud man I knelt down on one beside the bed put his hand on my shoulder He said, "Patches, Patches boy, the of life done beat Your old papa to the ground and I ain't got nobody To turn to take care of and the young ones"
"So, what I want you to do is me son Is that you're gonna do your best to 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 trying to climb life's mountain Searching for a top when there no top
Sometimes you find frustrated, lazy But every I feel like I can't live my life like I want to My goes back to that day When I see tears in my Daddy's eyes But most of all I his words "Patches, I'm on you boy"
time I feel like giving up I hear his voice "Patches, Patches, Patches, Patches"
"I'm on you son I tried to do my best, 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 the family through, my son, it's all left up to you"