Tytuł: Coward of the county

• Wykonawca: Kenny Rogers
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   Everyone considered him
  The coward of the county
  It never stool one single time
  To prove the county's
  His mama named him Tommy
  The folks just called him Yellow
  Something always told me
  They were reading Tommy's wrong
  He was only ten years old
  When his daddy died in prison
  I looked after Tommy
  Because he's my brother's son
  I still recalled the final words
  My brother said to Tommy,
  "Son, my life was over,
  But yours just begun.
  Promised me son,
  Not to do the things I've done,
  Walked away form troubles if you can
  It won't mean your weak
  If you turned 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 working
  The gambling boys came calling
  They took turns of Veckie
  And there was three of them
  Tommy opened up the door
  Saw his Veckie crying
  The torn dress, the shattered look
  Is more than he could stand
  He reached above the fire place
  And took down his daddy's face
  He heard these words again
  Promised me son
  Not to do the things I've done,
  Walked away form troubles if you can
  It won't mean your weak
  If you turned the other cheek
  I hope you're old enough to understand
  Son you don't have to fight to be a man
  The gambling boys just laughed at him
  When he walked into the barroom
  One of them got up
  And meet him halfway cross the floor
  When Tommy turn around
  They said,
  Hey look old Yellow's leaving
  But you could have heard a pin drop
  When Tommy stop and lock the door
  The bottle up inside him
  He let them have it all
  He wouldn't hold nothing back
  He let them have it all
  When Tommy left the barroom
  Not a gambling boy was standing
  He said this one's for Veckie
  As he watched the last one fall
  I heard him say
  I promised you dad
  Not to do the things you've done,
  I walked away form troubles when I can
  Now please don't think I'm weak
  I didn't turn the other cheek
  And papa I surely hope you understand
  Sometimes you got to fight when you're a man
  Everyone considered him
  The coward of the county