《Coward Of The County》歌词

[00:00:00] Coward Of The County - Top of the Poppers

[00:00:11] Everyone considered him

[00:00:14] The coward of the county

[00:00:17] He'd never stood one single

[00:00:20] Time to prove the county wrong

[00:00:24] His mama named him Tommy

[00:00:27] But folks just called him Yellow

[00:00:31] Something always told me

[00:00:33] They were reading Tommy wrong

[00:00:38] He was only ten years old

[00:00:40] When his daddy died in prison

[00:00:45] I looked after Tommy

[00:00:47] Cause he was my brother's son

[00:00:51] I still recall the final words

[00:00:54] My brother said to Tommy

[00:00:58] Son my life is over

[00:01:00] But yours has just begun

[00:01:05] Promise me son not to do

[00:01:07] The things I've done

[00:01:10] Walk away from trouble if you can

[00:01:15] It won't mean you're weak

[00:01:17] 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 everyone

[00:01:33] And Tommy's love was Becky

[00:01:37] In her arms

[00:01:38] He didn't have to prove he was a man

[00:01:43] One day while he was working

[00:01:45] The Gatlin boys came calling

[00:01:50] They took turns at Becky

[00:01:53] And there was three of them

[00:01:56] Tommy opened up the door

[00:01:59] And saw his Becky crying

[00:02:03] The torn dress the shattered look

[00:02:05] Was more than he could stand

[00:02:09] He reached above the fireplace

[00:02:11] And took down his daddy's picture

[00:02:15] As his tears fell on his daddy's face

[00:02:18] He heard these words again

[00:02:22] Promise me Son

[00:02:24] Not to do the things I've done

[00:02:27] Walk away from trouble if you can

[00:02:32] It won't mean you're weak

[00:02:34] If you turn the other cheek

[00:02:37] I hope you're old enough to understand

[00:02:42] Son you don't have to fight to be a man

[00:02:47] The Gatlin boys just laughed at him

[00:02:50] When he walked into the bar room

[00:02:54] One of them got up

[00:02:56] And met him half way cross the floor

[00:03:00] When Tommy turned around they said

[00:03:03] Hey look Old Yellow's leaving

[00:03:07] But you could've heard a pin drop

[00:03:09] When Tommy stopped and locked the door

[00:03:13] Twenty years of crawling

[00:03:16] Were bottled up inside him

[00:03:20] He wasn't holding nothing back

[00:03:22] He let them have it all

[00:03:26] When Tommy left the bar room

[00:03:28] Not a Gatlin boy was standing

[00:03:32] He said This one's for Becky

[00:03:35] As he watched the last one fall

[00:03:38] An I heard him say

[00:03:39] I promised you Dad

[00:03:41] Not to do the things you've done

[00:03:44] I walk away from trouble when I can

[00:03:49] Now please don't think I'm weak

[00:03:51] I didn't turn the other cheek

[00:03:54] And Papa I should hope you understand

[00:03:59] Sometimes you gotta fight when you're a man

[00:04:04] Everyone considered him the coward of the county