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Coward Of The County

Everyone considered him

  • Everyone considered him
  • The coward of the county
  • He'd 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 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,
  • 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
  • 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 an'
  • 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 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 bar room
  • One of them got up
  • And met him half way cross the floor
  • When Tommy turned around they said,
  • Hey look! Old Yellow'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
  • An 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 didn'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
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