Kenny Rogers - Coward Of The County
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Eve
ry
one
con
si
dered
him
58
The
cow
ard
of
the
coun
ty
118
He’d
ne
ver
stood
one
sin
gle
time
220
To
prove
the
coun
ty
wrong
282
His
ma
ma
named
him
Tom
my,
the
folks
just
403
Called
him
yel
low
446
Some
thing
al
ways
told
me
538
They
were
rea
ding
Tom
my
wrong.
616
He
was
on
ly
ten
years
old
705
When
his
daddy
died
in
pri
son
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I
looked
af
ter
Tom
my,
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’Cause
he
was
my
bro
ther’s
son
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I
still
re
call
the
fi
nal
words
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My
bro
ther
said
to
Tom
my
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“Son
my
life
is
o
ver,
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But
yours
has
just
be
gun”.
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“Pro
mise
me
son
not
to
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Do
the
things
I’ve
done
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Walk
a
way
from
trou
ble
if
you
can
1518
It
won’t
mean
you’re
weak
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If
you
turn
the
o
ther
cheek
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I
hope
you’re
old
e
nough
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To
un
der
stand
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Son,
you
don’t
have
to
fight
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To
be
a
man”.
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There’s
some
one
for
eve
ry
one,
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And
Tom
my’s
love
was
Bec
ky
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In
her
arms
he
di
dn’t
have
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To
prove
he
was
a
man
2222
One
day
while
he
was
wor
king
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The
Gat
lin
boys
came
cal
ling
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They
took
turns
at
Bec
ky
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N’
there
was
three
of
them
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Tom
my
o
pened
up
the
door,
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And
saw
his
Bec
ky
cry
ing
2698
The
torn
dress,
the
shat
tered
look
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Was
more
than
he
could
stand
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He
reached
a
bove
the
fi
re
place,
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And
took
down
his
dad
dy’s
pic
ture
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As
his
tears
fell
on
his
dad
dy’s
face,
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He
heard
his
words
a
gain.
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“Pro
mise
me
son
not
to
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Do
the
things
I’ve
done
3342
Walk
a
way
from
trou
ble
3394
If
you
can
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It
won’t
mean
you’re
weak
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If
you
turn
the
o
ther
cheek
3594
I
hope
you’re
old
e
nough
to
un
der
stand
3698
Son,
you
don’t
have
to
fight
to
be
a
man”.
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The
Gat
lin
boys
just
laughed
at
him
3918
When
he
walked
in
to
the
bar
room
3982
One
of
them
got
up
and
met
him
4078
Half
way
cross
the
floor
4144
When
Tom
my
turned
a
round
they
said
4234
“Hey
look
old
yel
low’s
lea
ving”
4314
But
you
could
ve
heard
a
pin
drop
4388
When
Tommy
stopped
and
locked
the
door
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Twen
ty
years
of
craw
ling
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Were
bot
tled
up
in
side
him
4626
He
would
n’t
hol
ding
no
thing
back
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He
let
’em
have
it
all
4782
When
Tom
my
left
the
bar
room,
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Not
a
Gat
lin
boy
was
stan
ding
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He
said
this
ones
for
Bec
ky,
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As
he
watched
the
last
one
fall
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N’
I
heard
him
say,
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“I
pro
mised
you
dad
not
to
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Do
the
things
you’ve
done
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I
walk
a
way
from
trou
ble
when
I
can
5354
Now
please
don’t
think
I’m
weak
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I
di
dn’t
turn
the
o
ther
cheek
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And
pa
pa
I
sure
hope
you
un
der
stand
5614
Some
times
you
got
ta
fight
when
you’re
a
man”.
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Eve
ry
one
con
si
dered
him
5828
The
cow
ard
of
the
coun
ty