Coward Of The County 歌詞
Coward of the County - The Country Dance Kings
Written by：Roger Dale Bowling/Billy Edd Wheeler/ Billy Edd Wheeler
Everyone considered him
The coward of the county
He'd never stood one single
Time to prove the county wrong
His mama called him Tommy
But folks just called him Yellow
Something always told me
They were reading Tommy wrong
He was only ten years old
When his daddy died in prison
I took care of Tommy 'cause
He was my brother's son
I still recall the final
Words my brother said to Tommy
Son my life is over
But yours has just begun
Promise me son
Not to do the things
I've done
Walk away from trouble
If you can
It won't mean you're weak
If you turn the other cheek
And I hope you're old
Enough to understand
Son you don't have
To fight to be a man
There's someone for everyone
And Tommy's love was becky
In her arms he didn't have
To prove he was a man
One day while he was working
The gatlin boys came calling
They took turns at becky
And there was three of them
Tommy opened up the door
Saw his Becky crying
The torn dress the shattered
Look was more than he could stand
He reached above the fireplace
Took down his daddy's picture
As the tears fell on his daddy's face
I heard these words again
Promise me son not to do
The things I've done
Walk away from trouble if you can
It won't mean you're weak
If you turn the other cheek
I hope you're old
Enough to understand
Son you don't have
To fight to be a man
The gatlin boys just laughed at him
When he walked into the barroom
One of them got up and met him
Half way 'cross the floor
When Tommy turned around they said
Hey look old yeller's leaving
But you could've heard a pin drop when
Tommy stopped and locked the door
Twenty years of crawling
Were bottled up inside him
He wasn't holding nothing back
He let 'em have it all
When Tommy left the bar room
Not a gatlin boy was standing
He said this one's for Becky
As he watched the last one fall
And I heard him say
I promised you dad
Not to do the things you've done
I walk away from trouble when I can
Now please don't think I'm weak
I couldn't turn the other cheek
And papa I should
Hope you understand
Sometimes you gotta fight
When you're a man
Everyone considered him
The coward of the county