《Coward Of The Country》是Ray Dylan演唱的歌曲，由Roger Bowling、Billy Edd Wheeler作詞作曲，收錄於《Goeie Ou Country, Vol. 3》專輯中。
基本介紹
- 外文名：Coward Of The Country
- 所屬專輯：Goeie Ou Country, Vol. 3
- 歌曲原唱：Ray Dylan
- 填詞：Roger Bowling、Billy Edd Wheeler
- 譜曲：Roger Bowling、Billy Edd Wheeler
- 發行日期：2014年2月24日
歌曲歌詞
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 the tears fell on his daddy’s face
He heard these words again
And his
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 barroom
One of them got up and met him halfway
’Cross the floor
When Tommy turned around they said
Hey look old yeller’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 wasn’t holding nothin’ back
He let ’em have it all
When Tommy left the barroom
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 sure hope you understand
Sometimes you gotta fight when you’re a man
Everyone considered him the coward
Of the county
