所属专辑:At San Quentin (The Complete 1969 Concert)
歌手: Johnny Cash
时长: 03:45
My daddy left home when I was three[00:00:07]
我爸爸在我三岁的时候离开了我[00:00:10]
And he didn't leave much to Ma and me[00:00:10]
他什么也没留给妈妈和我[00:00:12]
Just this old guitar and an empty bottle of booze [00:00:12]
就一把破吉他和一空酒瓶[00:00:17]
Now' I don't blame him cause he run and hid[00:00:17]
我不怪他就这么离开了我们[00:00:19]
But the meanest thing that he ever did[00:00:19]
可他走之前做了件最缺德的事儿[00:00:21]
Was before he left' he went and named me 'Sue '[00:00:21]
他给我取了个名字叫苏[00:00:27]
Well' he must o' thought that is was quite a joke[00:00:27]
他以为这是个玩笑吧[00:00:30]
And it got a lot of laughs from a' lots of folk'[00:00:30]
所以听到的人都笑我[00:00:32]
It seems I had to fight my whole life through [00:00:32]
为这事我一生没少跟人打架[00:00:37]
Some gal would giggle and I'd get red[00:00:37]
有些人偷笑我都会发怒[00:00:39]
And some guy'd laugh and I'd bust his head'[00:00:39]
要是他们大笑我就会去打爆他们的头[00:00:41]
I tell ya' life ain't easy for a boy named 'Sue '[00:00:41]
我告诉你,对于一个叫苏的男孩来说,生活太不容易了[00:00:48]
Well' I grew up quick and I grew up mean'[00:00:48]
不过,告诉你,我还是活出来了,长大了[00:00:51]
My fist got hard and my wits got keen'[00:00:51]
打架打得一身铜头铁骨[00:00:53]
I'd roam from town to town to hide my shame [00:00:53]
不过我还是没自信,所以我四处游荡[00:00:58]
But I made me a vow to the moon and stars[00:00:58]
不过我对我妈和星空都起了誓[00:01:00]
That I'd search the honky-tonks and bars[00:01:00]
就算找遍天下[00:01:03]
And kill that man that give me that awful name [00:01:03]
我也要找到那个该死的家伙,杀了他[00:01:07]
Well' it was Gatlinburg in mid-July[00:01:07]
七月中旬的一天在盖丁堡[00:01:09]
And I just hit town and my throat was dry'[00:01:09]
我刚回到家,还渴着呢[00:01:12]
I thought I'd stop and have myself a brew [00:01:12]
我准备到哪儿喝一杯[00:01:17]
At an old saloon on a street of mud'[00:01:17]
结果以破街头的破酒吧[00:01:19]
There at a table' dealing stud'[00:01:19]
那破桌子上在玩牌的[00:01:21]
Sat the dirty' mangy dog that named me 'Sue '[00:01:21]
坐着那个老不死的给我取名叫苏的脏狗[00:01:26]
Well' I knew that snake was my own sweet dad[00:01:26]
我知道那就是我亲爱的爸爸[00:01:28]
From a worn-out picture that my mother'd had'[00:01:28]
我看到过他一张老旧照片[00:01:31]
And I knew that scar on his cheek and his evil eye [00:01:31]
我认出了他脸上的刀疤,还有那邪恶的眼神[00:01:35]
He was big and bent and gray and old'[00:01:35]
他又老又驼又残[00:01:38]
And I looked at him and my blood ran cold[00:01:38]
我看着他,感觉血液都凉了下来[00:01:40]
And I said: "My name is 'Sue ' how do you do Now you gonna die "[00:01:40]
然后我说:我名字叫苏,你好吗?现在我要杀了你[00:01:52]
Well' I hit him hard right between the eyes[00:01:52]
我一拳打在他鼻梁骨上[00:01:54]
And he went down but' to my surprise'[00:01:54]
他被打得弯下腰去了,不过出乎我意料的是[00:01:57]
Hee up with a knife and cut off a piece of my ear [00:01:57]
他拿出一把刀来,割了我半边耳朵[00:02:01]
But I busted a chair right across his teeth[00:02:01]
然后我一把椅子砸他头上[00:02:03]
And we crashed through the wall and into the street[00:02:03]
然后我们扭打着撞破了墙撞倒街上去了[00:02:06]
Kicking and a' gouging in the mud and the blood and the beer [00:02:06]
在血和啤酒中打得不可开交[00:02:11]
I tell ya' I've fought tougher men[00:02:11]
老头,我告诉你,比这狠的架我打了多了[00:02:13]
But I really can't remember when'[00:02:13]
我都记不清[00:02:15]
He kicked like a mule and he bit like a crocodile [00:02:15]
他像驴一样踢我,像鳄鱼一样咬我[00:02:20]
I heard him laugh and then I heard him cuss'[00:02:20]
突然我听到他边骂边笑了[00:02:23]
He went for his gun and I pulled mine first'[00:02:23]
他拿出他的枪我也拿了我的[00:02:25]
He stood there lookin' at me and I saw him smile [00:02:25]
他站那儿看着我,我看到他笑了起来[00:02:28]
And he said: "Son' this world is rough[00:02:28]
然后他说,儿子,生活可不容易[00:02:32]
And if a man's gonna make it' he's gotta be tough[00:02:32]
一个男人想要混得开,他得要强悍[00:02:34]
And I know I wouldn't be there to help ya along [00:02:34]
我知道我不能在那儿陪你长大[00:02:39]
So I give ya that name and I said good-bye[00:02:39]
所以我给你取了那个名字然后就说再见了[00:02:41]
I knew you'd have to get tough or die[00:02:41]
我知道,你要么强悍得长大,要么被欺负死[00:02:43]
And it's that name that helped to make you strong "[00:02:43]
这个名字会让你更强大[00:02:49]
He said: 'Now you just fought one hell of a fight[00:02:49]
他说,你刚打了一场狠架[00:02:52]
And I know you hate me' and you got the right[00:02:52]
我知道你肯定恨我[00:02:54]
To kill me now' and I wouldn't blame you if you do [00:02:54]
你现在就是杀了我,我也不怨你[00:02:59]
But ya ought to thank me' before I die'[00:02:59]
不过在我死之前,你得感谢我[00:03:01]
For the gravel in ya guts and the spit in ya eye[00:03:01]
就为了你的勇气和眼力那股狠劲[00:03:04]
Cause I'm the son-of-a-b**ch that named you 'Sue' '[00:03:04]
因为我就是那个给你取了苏这个名字的混蛋[00:03:12]
I got all choked up and I threw down my gun[00:03:12]
我无话可说,扔掉了我的枪[00:03:14]
And I called him my pa' and he called me his son'[00:03:14]
我叫他爸爸,他叫我儿子[00:03:17]
And Ie away with a different point of view [00:03:17]
然后我突然明白过来[00:03:21]
And I think about him' now and then'[00:03:21]
我经常想起他[00:03:24]
Every time I try and every time I win'[00:03:24]
每次我赢得时候[00:03:27]
And if I ever have a son' I think I'm gonna name him[00:03:27]
如果我有一天有一个儿子的话,我会给他取名[00:03:31]
Bill or George Anything but sue I still hate that name[00:03:31]
比尔或者乔治,绝对不会是苏,我还是讨厌那个名字[00:03:36]