Coward of the Country
Ev'ryone considered him
- Ev'ryone considered him
- The coward of the County
- He'd never stood
- One single time
- To prove the counrtry 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 looked after Tommy
- 'Cause he was my brother's son
- I still recall the final words
- My brother said to Tommy
- Son my life is over
- Joy is 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
- 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
- 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
- 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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