Everyone considered him the coward of the county "Promise me, son, not to do the things I've done Walk away from trouble if you can I hope you're old enough to understand Son, you don't have to fight to be a man" He'd never stood one single time to prove

He ain't the leavin' kind And wanna leave him behind (He ain't the leavin'... He ain't the leavin' kind) He'd never walk away Even from those who don't believe They tried their best to drag him out Of a courthouse down in Montgomery And now they wanna