《Coward Of The County (Kenny Rogers)》歌词

[00:00:00] Coward Of The County (Kenny Rogers) - Scott Lucas/The Married Men

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

[00:00:08] He never stood one single time

[00:00:11] To prove the county wrong

[00:00:16] His mama named him Tommy

[00:00:19] But folks just called him yellow

[00:00:24] But something always told me

[00:00:27] They were reading Tommy wrong

[00:00:33] He was only ten years old

[00:00:37] When his daddy died in prison

[00:00:42] I looked after Tommy

[00:00:44] Cause he was my brother's son

[00:00:49] And I still recall the final words

[00:00:53] My brother said to Tommy

[00:00:57] Son my life is over but yours is just begun

[00:01:05] Promise me son not to do the things I've done

[00:01:11] Walk away from trouble if you can

[00:01:18] Now it don't mean you're weak

[00:01:20] If you turn the other cheek

[00:01:24] I hope you're old enough to understand

[00:01:29] Son you don't have to fight to be a man

[00:01:36] There's someone for everyone

[00:01:39] And Tommy's love was Becky

[00:01:43] In her arms he didn't have to prove he was a man

[00:01:51] One day while he was working

[00:01:54] The Gatlin boys came calling

[00:01:58] They took turns at Becky there were three of them

[00:02:06] Tommy opened up the door and saw his Becky crying

[00:02:13] The torn dress

[00:02:14] The shattered look was more than he could stand

[00:02:20] He reached above the fireplace

[00:02:23] Took down his daddy's picture

[00:02:28] As the tears fell on his daddy's face

[00:02:31] He heard these words again

[00:02:35] Promise me son not to do the things I've done

[00:02:41] Walk away from trouble if you can

[00:02:47] Now it don't mean you're weak

[00:02:49] If you turn the other cheek

[00:02:53] I hope you're old enough to understand

[00:02:58] Son you don't have to fight to be a man

[00:03:04] The Gatlin boys just laughed at him

[00:03:07] When he walked into the barroom

[00:03:12] One of them got up and met him halfway cross the floor

[00:03:19] When Tommy turned around they said

[00:03:22] Hey look ol' yellow's leaving

[00:03:27] But you could heard a pin drop when

[00:03:29] Tommy stopped and locked the door

[00:03:34] Twenty years of crawling was bottled up inside him

[00:03:41] He wasn't holding nothing back;

[00:03:45] He let them have it all

[00:03:49] When Tommy left the barroom

[00:03:53] Not a Gatlin boy was standing

[00:03:58] He said this one's for Becky

[00:04:02] As he watched the last one fall

[00:04:05] And I heard him say

[00:04:06] I promised you Dad

[00:04:08] Not to do the things you've done

[00:04:12] I'll walk away from trouble if I can

[00:04:18] Now please don't think I'm weak

[00:04:20] I couldn't turn the other cheek

[00:04:23] And papa I sure hope you understand

[00:04:29] Sometimes you gotta fight when you're a man

[00:04:35] Promise me Son not to do the things I've done

[00:04:41] Walk away from trouble if you can

[00:04:46] It won't mean you're weak if you turn the other cheek

[00:04:52] I hope you're old enough to understand

[00:04:58] Son you don't have to fight to be a man

[00:05:04] Everyone considered him the coward of the county