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Kenny Rogers( Kenneth Ray Rogers )
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Coward of the County
Lyricist:Roger Bowling, Billy Ed Wheeler
Everyone considered him the coward of the county He'd never stood one single time to prove the county wrong His mama called him Tommy, the folks just called him yellow Something always told me they were reading Tommy wrong
And he was only ten years old when his daddy died in prison And 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 don't mean you're weak if you turn the other cheek And 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 workin' the gatlin' boys came callin' They took turns at Becky, there we're 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 the tears fell on his daddy's face, I heard these words again Find more lyrics at ※ Mojim.com
'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 And 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'' You coulda heard a pin drop when Tommy stopped and locked 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've done I walked away from trouble when I can Now please don't think I'm weak, I couldn't turn the other cheek And papa, I sure hope you understand Sometimes you gotta fight when you're a man'
Everyone considered him the coward of the county
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