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Patches

Clarence Carter의 싱글
"I Can't Leave Your Love Alone"
(1970)
Patches
(1970)
"It's All in Your Mind"
(1970)
Patches
파일:Ball_of_Confusion_(That's_What_the_World_Is_Today).jpg
수록 음반 <colbgcolor=#fff,#1f2023> Patches
아티스트 Clarence Carter
B-Side "Say It One More Time"
발매일 1970년 7월
녹음 기간 1970년 6월 17일
스튜디오 FAME 스튜디오 (앨라배마 주 머슬 쇼얼스)
장르 소울, 서던 소울, 컨트리
재생 시간 3:10
레이블 Atlantic
송라이터 Ronald Dunbar, General Johnson[1]
프로듀서 Rick Hall

1. 개요2. 오디오3. 가사4. 차트 성적

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1. 개요

미국의 소울/펑크(Funk) 가수 클레런스 카터의 싱글이며 1970년 7월에 발매되었다.

같은 해에 발매된 그의 4집 앨범 "Patches"에도 수록되었다.

2. 오디오


3. 가사

I was born and raised down in Alabama
On a farm way back up in the woods
I was so ragged the folks used to call me "Patches"
Papa used to tease me about it
'Cause deep down inside he was hurt
'Cause he'd done all he could

My papa was a great old man
I can see him with a shovel in his hand
See, education he never had
He did wonders when the time got bad

The little money from the crops he raised
Barely paid the bills we made

Oh, life had kicked him down to the ground
When he tried to get up life would kick him back down
One day papa called me to his dyin' bed
Put his hands on my shoulders and in tears he said
He said,

"Patches, I'm depending on you son
To pull the family through
My son, it's all left up to you"

Two days later papa passed away
And I became a man that day
So I told mama I was gonna quit school
But she said that was daddy's strictest rule

So every morning fore I went to school
I fed the chickens and I chopped wood too
Sometimes I felt that I couldn't go on
I wanted to leave, just run away from home

But I would remember what my daddy said
With tears in his eyes on his dyin' bed
He said,

"Patches, I'm depending on you son
I've tried to do my best
It's up to you to do the rest"

Then one day a strong rain came
And washed all the crops away
And at the age of thirteen I thought I was carrying
The weight of the whole world on my shoulders
And you know, mama knew what I was going through

'Cause every day I had to work the fields
'Cause that's the only way we got our meals
See, I was the oldest of the family
And everybody else depended on me

Every night I heard my mama pray,
"Lord, give him strength to make another day"

Though years have passed and all the kids have grown
The angels took mama to a brand new home
Lord knows, people, I shedded tears
But my daddy's voice helped me through the years
Sayin',

"Patches, I'm depending on you son
To pull the family through
My son, it's all left up to you"

Oh, I could still hear papa's voice sayin',

"Patches, I'm depending on you son
I've tried to do my best
It's up to you to do the rest"

I could still hear papa when he's saying,

"Patches, I'm depending on you, son
To pull the family through
My son, it's all left up to you"

4. 차트 성적

빌보드 R&B 차트에서 2위, 빌보드 핫 100에서 1970년 9월 셋째 주부터 넷째 주까지 2주 연속 4위를 기록했고 6주 연속 10위권에,[2] 9주 연속 20위권에,[3] 12주 연속 40위권에 머물러 있었다.[4]

1970년 빌보드 핫 100 연말 차트에선 35위에 올랐다.


[1] Chairmen of the Board[2] 1970년 8월 넷째 주부터 1970년 9월 넷째 주까지[3] 1970년 8월 셋째 주부터 1970년 10월 둘째 주까지[4] 1970년 8월 첫째 주부터 1970년 10월 셋째 주까지