Coward of the County (In the Style of Kenny Rogers) Lyrics

Coward of the County (In the Style of Kenny Rogers) - Stingray

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everyone considered him, the coward of the county! he never stood one single time, to prove the county wrong his mama named 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 looked up at Tommy, 'cause he was my brother's son I still recall the final words, my brother said to tommy, (chorus) "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 now it wont 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" 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 callin' they took times with Becky, and there was three of them! Tommy opened up the door, and saw his Becky crying the torn dress, the shattered look, was more than he could stand he reached above the fireplace, and reached his daddy picture as his tears ran down his daddy's face, he heard these words again: (chorus) "promise me son, not to do the things I've done walk away from trouble if you can, now it won't 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" tha Gatlin boys just laughed, at him when he walked in to the bar room one of them got up, and met him halfway across the floor when Tommy turned around they said, "Hey! Look y'all, yellow's leaving but you could heard a pin drop, when Tommy stopped and locked the door twenty years of crawling, was 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 walked away from trouble, when I can, now please don't think I'm weak, I didn't turn the other cheek and Papa, I now hope you understand, sometimes you gotta fight when you're a man" everyone considered him the coward of the county!