Tommy Brown Lyrics - Sonny James

All my life I knew Tommy Brown 

We grew up together in the same hometown 

I never thought Tommy was such a bad guy 

But folks would always whispered when he walked by 

Tom, Tom, Tommy Brown meanest boy in all the town 

Everybody said he'd turned out bad 

They said he had stole and I guess he had 

But nobody offered him a helping hand 

They just went and said over again 

Oh Tom, Tom, Tommy Brown meanest boy in all the town 

I loved a girl named Betty Lou strange thing was Tom loved her too 

She was kind to him and seemed to understand 

That if somebody loved him he could be a man 

The three of us were the best of friends 

And stuck together through thick and thin 

But we all knew that the time would come 

She'd have to choose between me and Tom 

Oh Tom, Tom, Tommy Brown meanest boy in all the town 

Then came Pearl Harbor and the war was on 

I answered the call and so did Tom 

When we laughed at Betty we would plainly see 

She had made her choice and the guy was me 

We landed in Hadley the fighting was hard 

Many were dying and the rest were tired 

Every man there gave his very best 

But who was the one that I'd fought to rest 

Tom, Tom, Tommy Brown bravest boy in all the town 

We were both in a fox hole the bullets were flying 

When an enemy soldier slipped up behind 

He aimed at me but Tom acted fast 

He jumped between and I heard the blast 

I got the soldier too late I could see 

'Cause Tom stopped the bullet that was meant for me 

His body crumpled the smoke cleared away 

And it seemed to me he had a smile on his face 

So Tom, Tom, Tommy Brown bravest boy in all the town 

We buried him there and left across the sea 

Where I wrote these words he died for me 

And nobody knew but the one of us he died to save the boy she loved 

Tom, Tom, Tommy Brown bravest boy in all the town 

Tom, Tom, Tommy Brown bravest boy in all the town