"The courage of the coward
Is greater than all others"
A scaredy-cat'll scratch ya
If you back him in a corner
But I ,I ,I, I am a coward
I, I, I am a coward
"Courage born of despair and impotence"
Submissive dogs can
Lash out in fear and be
Very, very dangerous
But I ,I ,I, I am a coward
I, I, I am a coward
Coward was written by Vic Chesnutt.
Coward was produced by Guy Picciotto.
Vic Chesnutt released Coward on Tue Sep 22 2009.
Chesnutt spoke about this song in an NPR interview with Terry Gross:
Mr. CHESNUTT: It’s from “McTeague,” a Frank Norris book, and I wrote it down in my notebook, where I write lines that I come across. And it was a very telling line because I was coming to see myself as a coward, and it was a very...