Kenny Rogers - Coward Of The County download song

Song Lyrics

tommy opened up the door
i looked after tommy
something always told me they were reading tommy wrong
not a gatlin boy was standing
Promise me son not to do the things i ve done, but folks just called him yellow
repeat chorus

I hope you re old enough to understand, he would hold nothing back --he let em have it all, they took turns at becky there was three of them
And tommy s love was becky, he was only ten years old when his daddy died in prison
As he watched the last one fall, i looked after tommy
Something always told me they were reading tommy wrong, cause he was my brother s son
they took turns at becky there was three of them
one of them got up and met him half way cross the floor

Promise me son not to do the things i ve done, i looked after tommy
Not a gatlin boy was standing, as his tears fell on his daddy s face
It won t mean you re weak if you turn the other cheek, twenty years of crawling were bottled up inside him, he said this ones for becky
promise me son not to do the things i ve done
Twenty years of crawling were bottled up inside him, he d never stood one single time to prove the county wrong Kenny, when tommy turned around they said hey look old yellow s leaving
i walk away from trouble when i can

Son my life is over, i promised you dad not to do the things you ve done
Repeat chorus, cause he was my brother s son, when tommy turned around they said hey look old yellow s leaving
They took turns at becky there was three of them, tommy opened up the door
It won t mean you re weak if you turn the other cheek, when tommy left the bar room
in her arms he didn t have to prove he was a man
He heard this words again, in her arms he didn t have to prove he was a man

Not a gatlin boy was standing, but yours has just begun County, one of them got up and met him half way cross the floor
You don t have to fight to be a man, when tommy turned around they said hey look old yellow s leaving
Sometimes you gotta fight when you re a man, everyone considered him the coward of the county, when tommy left the bar room
the torn dress
Walk away from trouble if you can, the gatlin boys came calling Kenny, he d never stood one single time to prove the county wrong
and took down his daddy s picture

And took down his daddy s picture, one day while he was working
as he watched the last one fall
not a gatlin boy was standing
The gatlin boys came calling, son my life is over Rogers, one of them got up and met him half way cross the floor
He was only ten years old when his daddy died in prison, they took turns at becky there was three of them
He reached above the fireplace, and papa i should hope you understand

Not a gatlin boy was standing, he d never stood one single time to prove the county wrong, as he watched the last one fall
Walk away from trouble if you can, sometimes you gotta fight when you re a man, there s someone for everyone
and papa i should hope you understand
and saw becky crying
i still recall the final words my brother said to tommy
They took turns at becky there was three of them, everyone considered him the coward of the county

I promised you dad not to do the things you ve done, and tommy s love was becky