![]() ![]() When Tommy left the bar room, not a Gatlin boy was standing He wasn't holding nothing back, he let 'em have it all Twenty years of crawling was bottled up inside him When Tommy turned around they said, "Hey look! Old Yellow's leaving" One of them got up and met him half way cross the floor The Gatlin boys just laughed at him when he walked into the bar room ![]() "Promise me, Son, not to do the things I've done He reached above the fireplace and took down his daddy's pictureĪs his tears fell on his daddy's face, he heard these words again The torn dress, the shattered look was more than he could stand Tommy opened up the door and saw Becky crying They took turns at Becky an' there was three of them One day while he was working, the Gatlin boys came calling In her arms, he didn't have to prove he was a man There's someone for everyone and Tommy's love was Becky Son, you don't have to fight to be a man" Now it won't mean you're weak if you turn the other cheek "Promise me, son, not to do the things I've done "Son, my life is over, but yours has just begun" I still recall the final words my brother said to Tommy I looked after Tommy, 'cause he was my brother's son He was only ten years old when his daddy died in prison His mama named him Tommy, but folks just called him Yellowīut something always told me, they were reading Tommy wrong He'd never stood one single time to prove the county wrong Everyone considered him the coward of the county ![]()
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