[00:11:00] Ev"ryone considered him the coward of the county.
[00:18:00] He"d never stood one single time to prove the county wrong.
[00:24:00] His mama named him Tommy, the folks just called him yellow,
[00:31:00] But something always told me they were reading Tommy wrong.
[00:38:00] He was only ten years old when his daddy died in prison.
[00:45:00] I took care of Tommy "cause he was my brother"s son.
[00:52:00] I still recall the final words my brother said to Tommy:
[00:59:00] Son, my life is over, but yours is just begun.
[01:05:00] Promise me, son, not to do the things I"ve done.
[01:11:00] Walk away from trouble if you can.
[01:16:00] Now it won"t mean you"re weak if you turn the other cheek.
[01:22:00] I hope you"re old enough to understand:
[01:27:00] Son, you don"t have to fight to be a man.
[01:32:00] There"s someone for ev"ryone and Tommy"s love was Becky.
[01:39:00] In her arms he didn"t have to prove he was a man.
[01:46:00] One day while he was workin" the Gatlin boys came callin".
[01:53:00] They took turns at Becky.... There was three of them!
[02:00:00] Tommy opened up the door and saw his Becky cryin".
[02:07:00] The torn dress, the shattered look was more than he could stand.
[02:13:00] He reached above the fireplace and took down his daddy"s picture.
[02:20:00] As his tears fell on his daddy"s face, he heard these words again:
[02:27:00] Promise me, son, not to do the things I"ve done.
[02:32:00] Walk away from trouble if you can.
[02:38:00] Now it won"t mean you"re weak if you turn the other cheek.
[02:43:00] I hope you"re old enough to understand:
[02:49:00] Son, you don"t have to fight to be a man.
[02:54:00] The Gatlin boys just laughed at him when he walked into the barroom.
[03:01:00] One of them got up and met him halfway "cross the floor.
[03:08:00] When Tommy turned around they said, Hey look! ol" yellow"s leavin".
[03:15:00] But you coulda heard a pin drop when Tommy stopped and blocked the door.
[03:22:00] Twenty years of crawlin" was bottled up inside him.
[03:28:00] He wasn"t holdin" nothin" back; he let "em have it all.
[03:35:00] When Tommy left the barroom not a Gatlin boy was standin".
[03:42:00] He said, This one"s for Becky, as he watched the last one fall.
[03:48:00] And I heard him say,
[03:49:00] I promised you, Dad, not to do the things you done.
[03:54:00] I walk away from trouble when I can.
[04:00:00] Now please don"t think I"m weak, I didn"t turn the other cheek,
[04:05:00] and Papa, I sure hope you understand:
[04:10:00] Sometimes you gotta fight when you"re a man.
[04:16:00] Ev"ryone considered him the coward of the county.
[04:29:00] 反光镜
[04:29:00] 反光镜