01Ev'ryone considered him the coward of the county. ↗02He'd never stood one single time to prove the county wrong. ↗03His mama named him tommy ↗04the folks just called him yellow ↗05But something always told me they were reading tommy wrong. ↗06He was only ten years old when his daddy died in prison. ↗07I looked after tommy ’cause he was my brother's son. ↗08I still recall the final words my brother said to tommy: ↗09"son ↗10my life is over ↗11but yours is just begun. ↗12Promise me son ↗13not to do the things I've done. ↗14Walk away from trouble if you can. ↗15It won't mean you're weak if you turn the other cheek. ↗16I hope you're old enough to understand: ↗17Son you don't have to fight to be a man." ↗18There's someone for ev'ryone and tommy's love was becky. ↗19In her arms he didn’t have to prove he was a man. ↗20One day while he was workin' the gatlin boys came callin’. ↗21They took turns at becky.... there was three of them! ↗22Tommy opened up the door and saw his becky cryin'. ↗23The torn dress ↗24the shattered look was more than he could stand. ↗25He reached above the fireplace and took down his daddy’s picture. ↗26As his tears fell on his daddy's face ↗27he heard these words again: ↗28"promise me son ↗29not to do the things I've done. ↗30Walk away from trouble if you can. ↗31It won't mean you're weak if you turn the other cheek. ↗32I hope you're old enough to understand: ↗33Son ↗34you don't have to fight to be a man." ↗35The gatlin boys just laughed at him ↗36When he walked into the barroom. ↗37One of them got up and met him halfway 'cross the floor. ↗38Tommy turned around they said ↗39"hey look! ol' yellow's leavin'." ↗40You coulda heard a pin drop when tommy stopped and blocked the door. ↗41Twenty years of crawlin' was bottled up inside him. ↗42He wasn't holdin' nothin' back; he let 'em have it all. ↗43When tommy left the barroom not a gatlin boy was standin'. ↗44He said ↗45"this one's for becky " ↗46As he watched the last one fall. ↗47And I heard him say ↗48"I promised you dad ↗49not to do the things you done. ↗50I walk away from trouble when I can. ↗51Now please don't think I'm weak ↗52I didn't turn the other cheek ↗53And papa ↗54I sure hope you understand: ↗55Sometimes you gotta fight when you’re a man." ↗56Ev'ryone considered him the coward of the county.↗ ＋ 写一段解读称呼（可选）你的歌词解读无需登录，内容审核后公开。请勿留下联系方式。提交解读 一起聊聊0 条主评论 第一段感受，也许就来自你。 可以直接提交评论与回复。启用 JavaScript 后，可收起回复或每次查看更多 10 条；以下链接可翻阅主评论。 称呼（可选）分享你的理解与感受无需登录，内容审核后公开。请勿留下联系方式。提交评论 ↗