เพลง : Coward Of The County
ศิลปิน : Kenny Rogers

Everyone considered him
the coward of the county.
He'd never stood
one single time
to prove the county wrong.
His mama 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
Walk away from trouble
if you can.
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 working,
the Gatlin boys came calling
They took turns at Becky
(There was three of them)
.Tommy opened up the door
and saw his Becky crying.
The torn dress,
the shattered look was
more than he could stand
He reached above the fireplace,
and took down his daddy's picture
As his tears fell
on his daddy's face,
he heard these words again
."Promise me, son,
not to do the things I've done
Walk away from trouble
if you can.
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
half way cross the floor
When Tommy turned around
they said
"Hey look! Old yellow's leaving"
But you could've heard a pin drop
when Tommy stopped
and locked the door
.Twenty years of crawling
was bottled up inside him.
He wouldn't hold nothing back
he let'em have it all.
When Tommy left the bar room,
not a Gatlin boy was standing
He said, "This one's for Becky",
as he watched the last one fall
(And I heard him say)
."I promised you, dad,
not to do the things you've done
I walk away from trouble
when I can
Now please don't think I'm weak
I didn't turn the other cheek
And papa,
I should hope you understand
Sometimes you gotta fight
when you're a man"
.Everyone considered him
the coward of the county