Karaoke Track: Coward Of The Coumty by Kenny Rogers (Sing to the World) - Karaoke Nerds

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Made Famous Byz KENNY ROGERS
(Q www.singtotheworld.com

El III E El El
Everyone considered

him the coward of the
county

Everyone considered

him the coward of the
county

He never stood

one single time to prove
the county wrong

His mama called

him Tommy, the folks
just called him yellow

But something always

told me they were
reading Tommy wrong

Now he was only

ten years old when his
daddy died in prison

I took care of

Tommy 'cause he was
my brothers 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

Son, you don't have

to fight to be a man

There's someone for

everyone and Tommys
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 were 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

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

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. ole yellow's
Ieavin

But 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

Now please don't

think I'm weak, I couldn't
turn the other cheek

Papa, I sure hope you

understand

Sometimes you

gotta fight when you're
a man

Everyone considered

him the coward of the
county

Title: Coward Of The Coumty
Artist: Kenny Rogers
Brand: Sing to the World
(1 Other Versions)
Code: STTW3184-13
Genres: adult standards, classic country pop, country, mellow gold, nashville sound, soft rock