《Coward Of The County》歌词

[00:00:00] Coward Of The County - Done Again (又一次乐队)

[00:00:10] Ev'ryone considered him the coward of the county

[00:00:17] He never stood one single time to prove the county wrong

[00:00:23] His mama named him tommy but folks just called him yellow

[00:00:30] But something always told me they were reading tommy wrong

[00:00:37] He was only ten years old when his daddy died in prison

[00:00:43] Well i looked after tommy cause he was my brother's son

[00:00:50] And i still recall the final words my brother said to tommy

[00:00:56] Son my life is over but yours is just begun

[00:01:03] Promise me son not to do the things i've done

[00:01:08] Walk away from trouble if you can

[00:01:14] Now it don't mean you're weak if you turn the other cheek

[00:01:19] I hope you're old enough to understand

[00:01:24] Son you don't have to fight to be a man

[00:01:30] There's someone for ev'ryone tommy's love was becky

[00:01:36] In her arms he didn't have to prove he was a man

[00:01:43] One day while he was workin the gatlin boys came callin

[00:01:49] They took turns at becky there was three of them

[00:01:56] Tommy opened up the door and saw his becky cryin

[00:02:03] The torn dress the shattered look was more than he could stand

[00:02:09] He reached above the fireplace took down his daddy's picture

[00:02:16] As the tears fell on his daddy's face he heard these words again

[00:02:23] Promise me son not to do the things i've done

[00:02:28] Walk away from trouble if you can

[00:02:33] Now it don't mean you're weak if you turn the other cheek

[00:02:38] I hope you're old enough to understand

[00:02:43] Son you don't have to fight to be a man

[00:02:49] The gatlin boys just laughed at him when he walked into the barroom

[00:02:56] One of them got up and met him halfway cross the floor

[00:03:02] Then tommy turned around they said hey look ol yellow's leavin

[00:03:09] But you coulda heard a pin drop when tommy stopped and locked the door

[00:03:15] Twenty years of crawlin was bottled up inside him

[00:03:22] He wasn't holdin nothin back he let em have it all

[00:03:28] When tommy left the barroom not a gatlin boy was standin

[00:03:35] He said this one's for becky as he watched the last one fall

[00:03:40] And i heard him say

[00:03:42] I promised you dad not to do the things you've done

[00:03:47] I'll walk away from trouble if i can

[00:03:52] Now please don't think i'm weak i couldn't turn the other cheek

[00:03:58] And papa i sure hope you understand

[00:04:03] Sometimes you gotta fight when you're a man

[00:04:08] Ev'ryone considered him the coward of the county