Kenny Rogers Lyrics
Welcome to this Kenny Rogers lyrics page where you'll find lyrics and several tutorial demos further down on a few Kenny Rogers songs. Ill be adding more to this list as time goes on and dont forget to check out the other Kenny Rogers resource links further down this page.1.Coward Of The County
2.Islands In The Stream
3.Lucille
4.The Greatest
5.You Decorated My Life
Kenny Rogers Lyrics - Coward Of The County Demo
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 ... the 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 brothers son
I still recall the final words my brother said to Tommy
Son my life is over ... but yours is just begun
Promise me son ... not to do the things Ive done
Walk away from trouble if you can
It wont mean youre weak if you turn the other cheek
I hope youre old enough to understand ... son you dont have to fight to be a man
Theres someone for evryone and Tommys love was Becky
In her arms he didnt have to prove he was a man
One day while he was workin ... the Gatlin boys came callin
They took turns at Becky ... and there was three of them
Tommy opened up the door and saw his Becky cryin
The torn dress ... the shattered look ... was more than he could stand
He reached above the fireplace and took down his daddys picture
As his tears fell on his daddys face ... he heard these words again
Promise me son ... not to do the things Ive done
Walk away from trouble if you can
It wont mean youre weak if you turn the other cheek
I hope youre old enough to understand ... son you dont 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 halfway cross the floor
When Tommy turned around they said hey look ol yellows leavin
But you coulda heard a pin drop ... when Tommy stopped and blocked the door
Twenty years of crawlin ... was bottled up inside him
He wasnt holdin nothin back ... he let em have it all
When Tommy left the bar room ... not a Gatlin boy was standin
He said this ones for Becky ... as he watched the last one fall ... and I heard him say
I promised you dad ... not to do the things you done
I walk away from trouble when I can
Now please dont think Im weak I didnt turn the other cheek
And papa I sure hope you understand ... sometimes you gotta fight when youre a man
Everyone considered him ... the coward of the county
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Baby when I met you there was peace unknown
I set out to get you with a fine tooth comb.
I was soft inside .. there was something going on
You do something to me that I can't explain
Hold me closer and i feel no pain
With ev'ry beat of my heart .. We got something going on
Tender love is blind .. It requires a dedication
All this love we feel needs no conversation
We ride it together uh huh
Makin'love with each other uh huh
Islands in the stream ... That is what we are
No one in be-tween how can we be wrong
Sail away with me .. to another world
And we re-ly on each other uh huh
From one lover to another uh huh
I can't live without you if the love was gone
Ev'rything means nothing if you got no one
And you just walk in the night
Slowly losin sight of the real thing
But that won't happen to us and we got no doubt
Too deep in love and we got no way out
And the messages is clear
This could be the year for the real thing
No more will you cry ... baby I will hurt you never
We start and end as one in love forever
We can ride it together uh huh
Makin'love with each other uh huh
Islands in the stream ... That is what we are
No one in be-tween how can we be wrong
Sail away with me .. to another world
And we re-ly on each other uh huh
From one lover to another uh huh
Break
Islands in the stream ... That is what we are
No one in be-tween how can we be wrong
Sail away with me .. to another world
And we re-ly on each other uh huh
From one lover to another uh huh
Islands in the stream ... That is what we are
No one in be-tween how can we be wrong
Sail away with me .. to another world
And we re-ly on each other uh huh
From one lover to another uh huh
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In a bar in toledo across from the depot ... on a barstool she took off her ring
I thought Id get closer ... so I walked on over ... I sat down and asked her name
When the drink finally hit her ... she said Im no quitter ... but I finally quit living on dreams
Im hungry for laughter ... and here ever after ... Im after whatever the other life brings
In the mirror I saw him ... I closely watch him ... I thought how he looked out of place
He came to the woman ... who sat their beside me ... he had a strange look on his face
The big hands are callous ... he looked like a mountain ... for a minute I thought I was dead
But he started shaking ... his big heart was breaking ... and he turned to the woman and said
You picked the fine time to leave me, Lucille
Four hungry children and a crop in the field
Ive had some bad times ... lived thru some sad times ... but this time your hurtin wouldnt heal
You picked the fine time to leave me Lucille
After he left us ... I ordered more whiskey ... I thought how he made him look small
From lights of the bar room to a rented hotel room ... we walked without talking at all
She was a beauty ... but when she came to me ... she must have thought I lost my mind
I couldnt hold her for the words that he told her kept coming back time after time
You picked the fine time to leave me, Lucille
Four hungry children and a crop in the field
Ive had some bad times ... lived thru some sad times ... but this time your hurtin wouldnt heal
You picked the fine time to leave me Lucille
You picked the fine time to leave me, Lucille
Four hungry children and a crop in the field
Ive had some bad times ... lived thru some sad times ... but this time your hurtin wouldnt heal
You picked the fine time to leave me Lucille
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Little boy ...in a baseball hat ... stands in the field ... with his ball and bat
Says I am the greatest ... player of them all
Puts his bat on his shoulder ... and he tosses up his ball
And the ball goes up and the ball comes down ... swings his bat all the way around
The world so still you can hear the sound the baseball falls ... to the ground
Now the little boy ... doesn't say a word ... picks up his ball ... he is undeterred
Says I am the greatest ... that there has ever been
And he grits his teeth ... and he tries again
And the ball goes up and the ball comes down ... swings his bat all the way around
The world so still you can hear the sound the baseball falls ... to the ground
He makes no excuses he shows no fear ... he just closes his eyes ... and listens to the cheers
Little boy ... he adjusts his hat ... picks up his ball ... stares at his bat
Says I am the greatest ... when the game is on the line ... and he gives his all ... one last time
And the ball goes up and the moon so bright ... swings his bat with all his might
The world's as still as still can be ... the baseball falls ... and that's strike three
Now it's suppertime ... and his momma calls ... little boy starts home ... with his bat and ball
Says I am the greatest ... that is a fact ... but even I didn't know ... I could pitch like that
Says I am the greatest ... that is understood
But even I didn't know ... I could pitch that good
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All my life was a paper ... once plain, pure and white
Till you moved with your pen ... changin' moods now and then ... till the balance was right
Then you added some music ... ev'ry note was in place
And anybody could see ... all the changes in me ... by the look on my face
And you decorated my life ... created a world ... where dreams are a apart
And you decorated my life .... by paintin' your love ... all over my heart
You decorated my life
Like a rhyme with no reason ... in an unfinished song
There was no harmony life meant nothin' to me ... until you came along
And you brought out the colors ... what a gentle surprise
Now I'm able to see ... all the things life can be ... shinin' soft in your eyes
And you decorated my life ... created a world ... where dreams are a apart
And you decorated my life .... by paintin' your love ... all over my heart
You decorated my life
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