《Coward Of The County》歌词

歌曲： Coward Of The County

所属专辑：Kenny

歌手： Kenny Rogers

时长： 04:18

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Artist：kenny rogers[00:00:00]

Songs Title：coward of the county[00:00:02]

Ev＇ryone considered him the coward of the county [00:00:11]

He never stood one single time to prove the county wrong [00:00:17]

His mama named him Tommy but folks just called him yellow [00:00:24]

But something always told me they were reading Tommy wrong [00:00:31]

He was only ten years old when his daddy died in prison [00:00:37]

Well I looked after Tommy ＇cause he was my brother＇s son [00:00:44]

And I still recall the final words my brother said to Tommy:[00:00:50]

＂Son my life is over but yours is just begun ＂[00:00:54]

＂Promise me son not to do the things I＇ve done [00:01:04]

Walk away from trouble if you can [00:01:09]

Now it don＇t mean you＇re weak if you turn the other cheek [00:01:14]

I hope you＇re old enough to understand:[00:01:20]

Son you don＇t have to fight to be a man ＂[00:01:25]

There＇s someone for ev＇ryone Tommy＇s love was Becky [00:01:30]

In her arms he didn＇t have to prove he was a man [00:01:35]

One day while he was workin＇ the Gatlin boys came callin＇ [00:01:43]

They took turns at Becky there was three of them [00:01:49]

Tommy opened up the door and saw his Becky cryin＇ [00:01:57]

The torn dress the shattered look was more than he could stand [00:02:03]

He reached above the fireplace took down his daddy＇s picture [00:02:09]

As the tears fell on his daddy＇s face he heard these words again [00:02:14]

＂Promise me son not to do the things I＇ve done [00:02:23]

Walk away from trouble if you can [00:02:28]

Now it don＇t mean you＇re weak if you turn the other cheek [00:02:33]

I hope you＇re old enough to understand:[00:02:38]

Son you don＇t have to fight to be a man ＂[00:02:44]

The Gatlin boys just laughed at him when he walked into the barroom [00:02:49]

One of them got up and met him halfway ＇cross the floor [00:02:53]

Then Tommy turned around they said Hey look ol＇ yellow＇s leavin＇ ＂[00:03:02]

But you coulda heard a pin drop when Tommy stopped and locked the door [00:03:08]

Twenty years of crawlin＇ was bottled up inside him [00:03:16]

He wasn＇t holdin＇ nothin＇ back; he let ＇em have it all [00:03:22]

When Tommy left the barroom not a Gatlin boy was standin＇ [00:03:28]

He said ＂This one＇s for Becky ＂ as he watched the last one fall [00:03:35]

And I heard him say:[00:03:40]

＂I promised you Dad not to do the things you＇ve done [00:03:41]

I＇ll walk away from trouble if I can [00:03:46]

Now please don＇t think I＇m weak I couldn＇t turn the other cheek [00:03:49]

And papa I sure hope you understand:[00:03:56]

Sometimes you gotta fight when you＇re a man ＂[00:04:02]

Ev＇ryone considered him the coward of the county[00:04:08]