Coward of the County(单曲) - Kenny Rogers

[00:00.88]Artist：kenny rogers
[00:02.25]Songs Title：coward of the county
[00:11.88]Ev＇ryone considered him the coward of the county
[00:17.46]He never stood one single time to prove the county wrong
[00:24.11]His mama named him Tommy but folks just called him yellow
[00:31.02]But something always told me they were reading Tommy wrong
[00:37.98]He was only ten years old when his daddy died in prison
[00:44.44]Well I looked after Tommy ＇cause he was my brother＇s son
[00:50.02]And I still recall the final words my brother said to Tommy:
[00:54.73]＂Son my life is over but yours is just begun ＂
[01:04.89]＂Promise me son not to do the things I＇ve done
[01:09.66]Walk away from trouble if you can
[01:14.729996]Now it don＇t mean you＇re weak if you turn the other cheek
[01:20.01]I hope you＇re old enough to understand:
[01:25.28]Son you don＇t have to fight to be a man ＂
[01:30.61]There＇s someone for ev＇ryone Tommy＇s love was Becky
[01:35.93]In her arms he didn＇t have to prove he was a man
[01:43.66]One day while he was workin＇ the Gatlin boys came callin＇
[01:49.05]They took turns at Becky there was three of them
[01:57.2]Tommy opened up the door and saw his Becky cryin＇
[02:03.62]The torn dress the shattered look was more than he could stand
[02:09.95]He reached above the fireplace took down his daddy＇s picture
[02:14.4]As the tears fell on his daddy＇s face he heard these words again
[02:23.29001]＂Promise me son not to do the things I＇ve done
[02:28.58]Walk away from trouble if you can
[02:33.65]Now it don＇t mean you＇re weak if you turn the other cheek
[02:38.91]I hope you＇re old enough to understand:
[02:44.12]Son you don＇t have to fight to be a man ＂
[02:49.63]The Gatlin boys just laughed at him when he walked into the barroom
[02:53.53]One of them got up and met him halfway ＇cross the floor
[03:02.5]Then Tommy turned around they said Hey look ol＇ yellow＇s leavin＇ ＂
[03:08.84]But you coulda heard a pin drop when Tommy stopped and locked the door
[03:16.04001]Twenty years of crawlin＇ was bottled up inside him
[03:22.31]He wasn＇t holdin＇ nothin＇ back; he let ＇em have it all
[03:28.70999]When Tommy left the barroom not a Gatlin boy was standin＇
[03:35.81]He said ＂This one＇s for Becky ＂ as he watched the last one fall
[03:40.5]And I heard him say:
[03:41.77]＂I promised you Dad not to do the things you＇ve done
[03:46.92]I＇ll walk away from trouble if I can
[03:49.73]Now please don＇t think I＇m weak I couldn＇t turn the other cheek
[03:56.26]And papa I sure hope you understand:
[04:02.6]Sometimes you gotta fight when you＇re a man ＂
[04:08.25]Ev＇ryone considered him the coward of the county