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Translate the highlighted words as you listen to the song
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
N'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
'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 yellew'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