All my life I knew Tommy Brown we grew up together in the same hometown
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I never thought Tommy was such a bad guy
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But folks would always whispered when he walked by
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Tom Tom Tommy Brown meanest boy in all the town
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Everybody said he'd turned out bad they said he had stole and I guess he had
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But nobody offerend him a helping hand they just went and said over again
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Oh Tom Tom Tommy Brown meanest boy in all the town
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I loved a girl named Betty Lou strange thing was Tom loved her too
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She was kind to him and seemed to understand
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That if somebody loved him he could be a man
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The three of us were the best of friends
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And stuck together through thick and thin
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But we all knew that the time would come
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She'd have to choose between me and Tom
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Oh Tom Tom Tommy Brown meanest boy in all the town
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Then came Pearl Harbor and the war was on
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I answered the call and so did Tom
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When we laughed at Betty we would plainly see
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She had made her choise and the guy was me
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We landed in Hadley the fighting was hard
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Many were dying and the rest were tired
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Every man there gave his very best but who was the one that I'd fought to rest
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Tom Tom Tommy Brown bravest boy in all the town
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We were both in a fox hole the bullets were flying
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When an enemy soldier slipped up behind
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He aimed at me but Tom acted fast he jumped between and I heard the blast
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I got the soldier too late I could see
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Cause Tom stopped the bullet that was meant for me
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His body crumpled the smoke cleared away
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And it seemed to me he had a smile on his face
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So Tom Tom Tommy Brown bravest boy in all the town
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We burried him there and left across the sea
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Where I wrote these words he died for me
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And nobody knew but the one of us he died to save the boy she loved
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Tom Tom Tommy Brown bravest boy in all the town
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Tom Tom Tommy Brown bravest boy in all the town
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Tommy Brown
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Sonny James |