Coward of The County

Artist：kenny rogers
Songs Title：coward of the county

以前郡裡的每個人都覺得他是個懦夫
Ev＇ryone considered him the coward of the county.
但他從沒出來證明過自己
He never stood one single time to prove the county wrong.
她母親給他起名叫湯米，但人們一般叫他阿黃
His mama named him Tommy, but folks just called him yellow,
但我總有一種感覺他們看錯湯米了
But something always told me they were reading Tommy wrong.
他十歲的時候父親就在監獄去世了
He was only ten years old when his daddy died in prison.
嗯...我照顧湯米是因為他是我弟弟的兒子
Well, I looked after Tommy ＇cause he was my brother＇ s son.
到現在我還能想起我弟弟對湯米說的最後幾句話：
And I still recall the final words my brother said to Tommy:
“孩子，我的人生已經結束了，但你的人生才剛剛開始”
＂Son, my life is over, but yours is just begun.＂
“答應我，兒子，不要犯我犯過的錯”
＂ Promise me, son, not to do the things I＇ve done.
盡量遠離那些麻煩事吧
Walk away from trouble if you can.
迴避這些事並不代表你軟弱
Now , it don＇t mean you＇re weak if you turn the other cheek.
我希望你已經長大了可以理解我的話了
I hope you＇re old enough to understand:
兒子啊，你不必通過打架來證明自己是個男人
Son, you don＇t have to fight to be a man.＂
每個人都有自己心愛的人，而湯米的戀人叫貝吉
There＇s someone for ev＇ryone, Tommy＇s love was Becky.
在她的身旁他不必證明自己是個真男人
In her arms he didn＇t have to prove he was a man.
有一天他工作的時候，一群痞子走了過來
One day while he was workin＇ the Gatlin boys came callin＇.
他們輪奸了貝吉，他們有三個人呢！
They took turns at Becky, there was three of them!
湯米打開了門看見貝吉正在哭
Tommy opened up the door and saw his Becky cryin＇.
撕破的裙子，憔悴的臉讓他不忍直視
The torn dress, the shattered look was more than he could stand.
他回到家，拿起了壁爐上的父親的照片
He reached above the fireplace , took down his daddy＇s picture.
湯米的眼淚掉了下來，他又聽見了這些話
As the tears fell on his daddy＇s face, he heard these words again.
“答應我，兒子，不要犯我犯過的錯”
＂Promise me son, not to do the things I＇ve done.
盡量遠離那些麻煩事吧
Walk away from trouble if you can.
迴避這些事並不代表你軟弱
Now, it don＇t mean you＇re weak if you turn the other cheek.
我希望你已經長大了可以理解我的話了
I hope you ＇re old enough to understand:
兒子啊，你不必通過打架來證明自己是個男人

湯米走進了酒吧，痞子們卻譏笑了起來
Son, you don＇t have to fight to be a man.＂
其中一個人站了起來擋在了湯米身前
The Gatlin boys just laughed at him when he walked into the barroom.
湯米準備轉身走開，他們喊著“看啊！阿黃想要逃跑了！”
One of them got up and met him halfway ＇cross the floor.
湯米突然停在了門口並反鎖了門，空氣很安靜，一根針掉下的聲音都能聽見
Then Tommy turned around they said, Hey look ol＇ yellow＇s leavin＇.＂
20年的屈辱在他心中逐漸點燃
But you coulda heard a pin drop when Tommy stopped and locked the door.
並毫無保留的發洩了出來
Twenty years of crawlin＇ was bottled up inside him.
湯米離開酒吧的時候，沒有一個人能站得起來
He wasn＇t holdin＇ nothin＇ back; he let ＇em have it all.
最後一個人倒下的時候，他說：“這次是為了貝吉”
When Tommy left the barroom not a Gatlin boy was standin＇.
他說：
He said, ＂This one＇s for Becky.＂, as he watched the last one fall.
“我答應過你，父親不犯你犯下的錯”
And I heard him say:
能避免麻煩事我當然會避免
＂I promised you, Dad, not to do the things you＇ve done.
但我迴避這些事並不代表我是個懦夫
I＇ll walk away from trouble if I can.
父親，我希望你能明白
Now please don＇t think I ＇m weak, I couldn＇t turn the other cheek,
有時候，你一定要打翻別人來證明你是個真的男人
And papa, I sure hope you understand:
以前郡裡的每個人都覺得他是個懦夫
Sometimes you gotta fight when you＇re a man.＂
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