Lyrics
I promised you dad not to do the things you ve done, when tommy turned around they said hey look old yellow s leaving
Not a gatlin boy was standing, now please don t think i m weak i didn t turn the other cheek Of, tommy opened up the door
the gatlin boys came calling
and saw becky crying
In her arms he didn t have to prove he was a man, one day while he was working
As he watched the last one fall, promise me son not to do the things i ve done The, and took down his daddy s picture
as he watched the last one fall
They took turns at becky there was three of them, i walk away from trouble when i can Rogers, he heard this words again
Promise me son not to do the things i ve done, i walk away from trouble when i can
Son my life is over, i hope you re old enough to understand, and saw becky crying
Promise me son not to do the things i ve done, one day while he was working
but folks just called him yellow
When tommy turned around they said hey look old yellow s leaving, walk away from trouble if you can, and tommy s love was becky
everyone considered him the coward of the county
they took turns at becky there was three of them
Son my life is over, son my life is over Coward, as he watched the last one fall
walk away from trouble if you can
The shattered look was more than he could stand, when tommy turned around they said hey look old yellow s leaving
There s someone for everyone, and papa i should hope you understand
As he watched the last one fall, one of them got up and met him half way cross the floor, as he watched the last one fall
not a gatlin boy was standing
You don t have to fight to be a man, twenty years of crawling were bottled up inside him, walk away from trouble if you can
