All my life I knew Brown We up together in the same hometown I thought Tommy was such a bad guy But would always whispered when he walked by
Tom, Tom, Tommy Brown boy in all the town Everybody he'd turned out bad They said he had and I guess he had But nobody offered him a hand They just went and said over
Oh Tom, Tom, Tommy Brown meanest boy in all the I loved a girl named Betty Lou thing was Tom loved her too She was to him and seemed to understand That if loved him he could be a man
The three of us were the of friends And stuck together through and thin But we all knew the time would come She'd have to choose me and Tom
Oh Tom, Tom, Tommy Brown boy in all the town Then Pearl Harbor and the war was on I the call and so did Tom When we laughed at we would plainly see She had made her and the guy was me
We landed in Hadley the fighting was were dying and the rest were tired Every man there gave his best But who was the one that I'd fought to
Tom, Tom, Tommy Brown bravest boy in all the We were both in a fox hole the bullets were When an enemy soldier up behind He aimed at me but Tom acted He jumped and I heard the blast
I got the soldier too I could see 'Cause Tom stopped the bullet that was for me His body crumpled the smoke away And it to me he had a smile on his face
So Tom, Tom, Tommy Brown bravest boy in all the We buried him there and left the sea Where I these words he died for me And nobody knew but the one of us he died to save the boy she Tom, Tom, Brown bravest boy in all the town Tom, Tom, Tommy bravest boy in all the town