Alvin And The Chipmunks - Coward Of The County lyrics

[Alvin]: 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 But 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 [Theodore]: What'd he say? [Alvin]: "Son, my life is over But yours is just begun" [Alvin & Male Singers]: "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 [Alvin]: You don't have to fight to be a man" The Gatlin boys were bullies And they beat up Tommy's best friend The torn shirt, the shattered look Was more than he could stand He reached above the fireplace Took down his daddy's picture As his tears fell on his daddy's face As he heard these words again [Alvin & Male Singers]: "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 [Alvin]: 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 leavin'" 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 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 my buddy" As he watched the last one fall And I heard him say [Alvin & Male Singers]: "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 couldn't turn the other cheek Papa, I should hope you understand [Alvin]: Sometimes you gotta fight when you're a man" Everyone considered him [Alvin & Male Singers]: The coward of the county