《Coward Of The County》歌词

[00:00:00] Artist：kenny rogers

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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