Karaoke Track: Coward Of The County by Kenny Rogers (Pocket Songs) - Karaoke Nerds

Coward Of The County

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Time 4 16

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 after 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

I hope you're
Old enough

To understand

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

Walk away
From trouble,

If you can

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 floor

When Tommy
Turned around,

They said, Hey look,
01' 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'

Now, please
Don't think I'm weak

I didn't turn
The other cheek

Sometimes,
You gotta fight

When you're a man

Everyone
Considered him

The coward
Of the county...

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Title: Coward Of The County
Artist: Kenny Rogers
Brand: Pocket Songs
(25 Other Versions)
Codes: PS1043-11 PSCDG1043-11 PSG1043-16 SDK9025-06 PS1043-06 SDK9025-14
Genres: adult standards, classic country pop, country, mellow gold, nashville sound, soft rock