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Versurile Kenny Rogers - Coward Of The County
Versuri Coward Of The County
(Roger Bowling/Billy Edd Wheeler)
Ev'ryone considered him the coward of the county.
He'd never stood one single time to prove the
county wrong.
His mama named him Tommy, the folks just called
him yellow,
But 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 is just begun.
Promise me, son, not to do the things I've done.
Walk away from trouble if you can.
Now 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.
There's someone for ev'ryone and Tommy's love was
Becky.
In her arms he didn't have to prove he was a man.
One day while he was workin' the Gatlin boys came
callin'.
They took turns at Becky.... There was three of
them!
Tommy opened up the door and saw his Becky
cryin'.
The torn dress, the shattered look was more than
he could stand.
He reached above the fireplace and took down his
daddy's picture.
As his tears fell on his daddy's face, he heard
these words again:
Promise me, son, not to do the things I've done.
Walk away from trouble if you can.
Now 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 halfway 'cross the
floor.
When Tommy turned around they said, Hey look! ol'
yellow's leavin'.
But you coulda heard a pin drop when Tommy
stopped and blocked the door.
Twenty years of crawlin' was bottled up inside
him.
He wasn't holdin' nothin' back; he let 'em have
it all.
When Tommy left the barroom not a Gatlin boy was
standin'.
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
done.
I walk away from trouble when I can.
Now please don't think I'm weak, I didn't turn
the other cheek,
and Papa, I sure hope you understand:
Sometimes you gotta fight when you're a man.
Ev'ryone considered him the coward of the county.
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