Karaoke Track: Ruby Don't Take Your Love To Town by Kenny Rogers (Pocket Songs) - Karaoke Nerds

Coward Of The County

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Everyone

Considered him

The coward
Of the county

He never stood

One single time,

To prove

The county wrong

His momma

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 afier 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

'Cause it won'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 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,

And there was
Three of them

Tommy opened up
The door,

Saw his Becky cryin'

The torn dress,
The shattered look

Was more than
He could stand

He reached above
The fireplace,
Took down his

Daddy's picture

As his tears fell
On his Daddy's face,
He heard these

Words againz

Promise me, son,
Not to do the things

I've done

Now, 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 halfway

'Cross the Hoor

When Tommy

Turned around,

They said, Hey look,

or yella's leavin

But you could've

Heard a pin drop

When Tommy stopped
And locked the door

Twenty years of crawlin'
Were bottled up

Inside him

He wasn't holdin'
Nothin' back,

He let 'em have it all

When Tommy left

The bar room,

Not a Gatlin boy

Was standin'

I promised you, Dad,
Not to do the things

You'd 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 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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Title: Ruby Don't Take Your Love To Town
Artist: Kenny Rogers
Brand: Pocket Songs
(21 Other Versions)
Codes: PS1043-16 PSCDG1043-16 PSG1043-18 SDK9025-08
Genres: adult standards, classic country pop, country, mellow gold, nashville sound, soft rock