All my life I knew Brown We grew up in the same hometown I thought Tommy was such a bad guy But folks would always when he walked by
Tom, Tom, Tommy meanest boy in all the town said he'd turned out bad They said he had stole and I he had But nobody offered him a helping just went and said over again
Oh Tom, Tom, Brown meanest boy in all the town I a girl named Betty Lou strange thing was Tom loved her too She was kind to him and seemed to That if somebody loved him he be a man
The three of us were the best of And stuck through thick and thin But we all that the time would come She'd to choose between me and Tom
Oh Tom, Tom, Tommy Brown boy in all the town came Pearl Harbor and the war was on I the call and so did Tom When we laughed at Betty we would see She had made her and the guy was me
We landed in Hadley the fighting was Many were and the rest were tired Every man gave his very best But who was the one that I'd fought to
Tom, Tom, Tommy Brown bravest boy in all the We both in a fox hole the bullets were flying When an enemy soldier up behind He aimed at me but Tom acted He between and I heard the blast
I got the soldier too late I see 'Cause Tom stopped the bullet was meant for me His body crumpled the cleared away And it seemed to me he had a on his face
So Tom, Tom, Brown bravest boy in all the town We him there and left across the sea I wrote these words he died for me And nobody knew but the one of us he to save the boy she loved Tom, Tom, Tommy Brown bravest boy in all the Tom, Tom, Tommy Brown boy in all the town