I was born and raised down in On a farm way up in the woods Oh, I was so ragged, folks used call me Papa used to tease me it But deep down dad was hurtin' 'Cause he the best he could do
My papa was a old man I can see him with a shovel in his daddy never had But he did when the times got bad The little from the crops we raised Barely the bills we made
Oh, life put him to the ground When he tried to get up, 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, it's all up to you"
Two days papa passed away And I became a man day So, everyday I had to 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, grown been living in a brand new home Lord it took a lot of sweat and tears And my daddy's voice helped 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"
Daddy had been sick for a long time, flat on his Every evening after we'd finished our and eat our dinner We'd all go into papa's to cheer him up a little And this particular day, Dad was in good on the side of the bed telling mama how good she looked When all of a sudden had a pain in his chest
I was too young to understand, talking a heart attack here Mama rushed all of us out of the into the hallway About ten minutes later she came out tears in her eyes She out to me "Patches, patches get in here boy you're want to see you" I went running to papa's there papa lay there
had tears in his eyes, I knew something was wrong 'Cause Daddy was a man but all of my life he'd been a proud man I knelt down on one knee the bed put his hand on my shoulder He said, "Patches, boy, the hammer of life done beat Your old papa to the ground and I ain't got nobody To turn to take of mama and the young ones"
"So, I want you to do is promise 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 like I right now That trying to climb life's for a top when there ain't no top
Sometimes you find yourself frustrated, But every time I feel like I can't live my life like I to My goes back to that 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 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 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, it's all up to you"