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

Coward Of

The Counfy

www.singtotheworld.com

EVERYONE CONSIDERED
HIM THE COWARD
OF THE COUNTY

HE NEVER STOOD ONE
SINGLE TIME TO PROVE
THE COUNTY WRONG

HIS MAMA NAMED
HIM TOMMY,
BUT 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 AFI'ER TOMMY
CAUSE HE WAS MY
BROTHERS SON

I STILL RECALL THE
FINAL WORDS
MY BROTHER

SAID T0 TOMMY

SON MY LIFE IS OVER,

BUT YOURS HAS
JUST BEGUN

PROMISE ME SON
NOT TO DO
THE THINGS I DONE
WALK AWAY FROM
TROUBLE IF YOU CAN

IT WONT MEAN YOURE
WEAK IF YOU TURN
THE OTHER CHEEK
I HOPE YOURE OLD

ENOUGH TO
UNDERSTAND

SON, YOU DONT HAVE

TO FIGHT TO BE A MAN

THERES SOMEONE
FOR EVERYONE,
AND TOMMWS LOVE
WAS BECKY

IN HER ARMS HE DIDNT

HAVE TO PROVE
HE WAS A MAN

ONE DAY WHILE HE WAS
WORKINZ THE GATLIN
BOYS CAME CALLIW

THEY TOOK TURNS
AT BECKY

(SPOKEN)
AND THERE WAS

THREE OF THEM l

TOMMY OPENED UP THE
DOOR AND SAW HIS
BECKY CRYIW

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HE REACHED ABOVE THE
FIREPLACE AND TOOK
DOWN HIS
DADDWS PICTURE

AS HIS TEARS FELL ON
HIS DADDWS FACE,
HE HEARD THESE
WORDS AGAIN

PROMISE ME SON
NOT TO DO THE
THINGS I DONE

WALK AWAY FROM
TROUBLE IF YOU CAN

IT WONT MEAN YOURE
WEAK IF YOU TURN
THE OTHER CHEEK
I HOPE YOURE OLD

ENOUGH TO
UNDERSTAND

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ONE OF THEM GOT UP

AND MET HIM HALFWAY
CROSS THE FLOOR

WHEN TOMMY TURNED
AROUND, THEY SAID
HEY LOOK 0U
YELLOWB LEAVIN

(SPOKEN)

BUT YOU COULD HAVE
HEARD A PIN DROP
WHEN TOMMY STOPPED
AND LOCKED THE DOOR

TWENTY YEARS OF
CRAWLIW WERE
BO'ITLED UP INSIDE HIM

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WHEN TOMMY LEFI' THE
BARROOM, NOT A
GATLIN BOY WAS

STANDING

I PROMISED YOU DAD

NOT TO DO THE
THINGS YOU DONE
I WALK AWAY FROM
TROUBLE WHEN I CAN

NOW PLEASE DONT

THINK PM WEAK I DIDNT
TURN THE OTHER CHEEK

EVERYONE CONSIDERED
HIM THE COWARD
OF THE COUNTY

Title: Coward Of The County
Artist: Kenny Rogers
Brand: Sing to the World
(25 Other Versions)
Code: STTW1018-03
Genres: country, rock and indie
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