Tommy's Doll Lyrics - Ernest Tubb

The kids all laughed at Tommy's doll but Tommy didn't care 

Cause he felt so much better when that little doll was there 

His mom and dad were busy doing things that parents do 

So Tommy's doll was all he had to tell his troubles to 

When Tommy reached the age of five his daddy said now son 

It's time to trade your dolly in for these soldiers and this gun 

But Tommy said oh daddy please my dolly wants to stay 

But his father said now be a man and he threw the doll away 

Tommy never talked much after that he just sorta went into a shell 

But he never cried he just held inside all those things he couldn't tell 

Then one day he saw his dolly wave from a trash can cross the street 

And like a flash he darted out his little friend to meet 

He never saw this speeding car nor heard this screeching sound 

And before the driver knew it he had run poor Tommy down 

(The people came as people do and look down at the boy 

He laid there for a moment like a tragic broken toy) 

Then reaching out his little arms he sat up straight and tall 

And whispered with his dying breath someone please hand me my doll