Karaoke Track: Coward Of County by Kenny Rogers (Sunfly)

Everyone considered him
the coward of the county

He&#39;d never stood
one single time
to prove the county wrong

His mama named him Tommy
the folks just called him
yellowr

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
&#39;cos he was
my brothers son

I still recall the fmal 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&#39;ve done

Walk away from trouble
if you can

It won&#39;t mean you&#39;re weak
if you turn the other cheek

Son you don&#39;t have
to tight to be a man

There&#39;s someone for

everyone
and Tommy&#39;s love was Becky

In her arms
he didn&#39;t have
to prove he was a man

One day while
he was working
the Gatlin boys came calling

They took turns at Becky
there was three of them

Tommy opened up the door
and saw his Becky crying

The tom dress,
the shattered look
was more than
he could stand

He reached above
the flreplace and
took down
his daddy&#39;s picture

As his tears fell
on his daddy&#39;s face
he heard these words again

Promise me son not to
do the things I done

It won&#39;t mean you&#39;re weak
if you turn the other cheek

I hope you&#39;re old
enough to understand

Son you don&#39;t have
to tight 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 halfway
across the floor

When Tommy turned around
they said hey
look old yellow&#39;s leaving

But you could have heard
a pin drop when
Tommy stopped
to lock the door

Twenty years of crawling
was bottled up inside him

He wasn&#39;t holding
nothing back
he let them have it all

When Tommy left
the bar room
not a Gatlin boy was standing

He said this one&#39;s for Becky
as he watched
the last one fall

I promised you dad
not to do
the things you&#39;ve done

I walk away from trouble
when I can

Now please don&#39;t think
I&#39;m weak I didn&#39;t
tum the other cheek

And papa I sure hope
you understand

Sometimes you gotta fight
when you&#39;re a man

Everyone considered him
the coward of the County