《Coward of the County》歌词

[00:00:00] Coward of the County - The Country Dance Kings (乡村舞王)

[00:00:05] Written by：Roger Dale Bowling/Billy Edd Wheeler/ Billy Edd Wheeler

[00:00:11] Everyone considered him

[00:00:13] The coward of the county

[00:00:17] He'd never stood one single

[00:00:19] Time to prove the county wrong

[00:00:23] His mama called him Tommy

[00:00:26] But folks just called him Yellow

[00:00:31] Something always told me

[00:00:33] They were reading Tommy wrong

[00:00:37] He was only ten years old

[00:00:40] When his daddy died in prison

[00:00:44] I took care of Tommy 'cause

[00:00:46] He was my brother's son

[00:00:50] I still recall the final

[00:00:52] Words my brother said to Tommy

[00:00:57] Son my life is over

[00:00:59] But yours has just begun

[00:01:04] Promise me son

[00:01:06] Not to do the things

[00:01:07] I've done

[00:01:09] Walk away from trouble

[00:01:11] If you can

[00:01:14] It won't mean you're weak

[00:01:16] If you turn the other cheek

[00:01:19] And I hope you're old

[00:01:21] Enough to understand

[00:01:25] Son you don't have

[00:01:26] To fight to be a man

[00:01:30] There's someone for everyone

[00:01:33] And Tommy's love was becky

[00:01:37] In her arms he didn't have

[00:01:39] To prove he was a man

[00:01:43] One day while he was working

[00:01:46] The gatlin boys came calling

[00:01:50] They took turns at becky

[00:01:53] And there was three of them

[00:01:57] Tommy opened up the door

[00:01:59] Saw his Becky crying

[00:02:03] The torn dress the shattered

[00:02:05] Look was more than he could stand

[00:02:10] He reached above the fireplace

[00:02:12] Took down his daddy's picture

[00:02:16] As the tears fell on his daddy's face

[00:02:19] I heard these words again

[00:02:23] Promise me son not to do

[00:02:26] The things I've done

[00:02:29] Walk away from trouble if you can

[00:02:34] It won't mean you're weak

[00:02:36] If you turn the other cheek

[00:02:39] I hope you're old

[00:02:40] Enough to understand

[00:02:44] Son you don't have

[00:02:45] To fight to be a man

[00:02:50] The gatlin boys just laughed at him

[00:02:52] When he walked into the barroom

[00:02:56] One of them got up and met him

[00:02:59] Half way 'cross the floor

[00:03:03] When Tommy turned around they said

[00:03:05] Hey look old yeller's leaving

[00:03:09] But you could've heard a pin drop when

[00:03:12] Tommy stopped and locked the door

[00:03:16] Twenty years of crawling

[00:03:19] Were bottled up inside him

[00:03:22] He wasn't holding nothing back

[00:03:25] He let 'em have it all

[00:03:29] When Tommy left the bar room

[00:03:32] Not a gatlin boy was standing

[00:03:36] He said this one's for Becky

[00:03:38] As he watched the last one fall

[00:03:41] And I heard him say

[00:03:42] I promised you dad

[00:03:44] Not to do the things you've done

[00:03:48] I walk away from trouble when I can

[00:03:53] Now please don't think I'm weak

[00:03:55] I couldn't turn the other cheek

[00:03:58] And papa I should

[00:04:00] Hope you understand

[00:04:03] Sometimes you gotta fight

[00:04:05] When you're a man

[00:04:09] Everyone considered him

[00:04:11] The coward of the county