《A Boy Named Sue》歌词

歌曲： A Boy Named Sue

所属专辑：The Best Legends of Country， Vol. 1

歌手： Johnny Cash

时长： 03:33

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My daddy left home when I was three[00:00:05]

And he didn't leave much to ma and me[00:00:08]

Just this old guitar and an empty bottle of booze.[00:00:10]

Now' I don't blame him cause he run and hid[00:00:15]

But the meanest thing that he ever did[00:00:17]

Was before he left' he went and named me "Sue."[00:00:19]

Well' he must o' thought that is quite a joke[00:00:25]

And it got a lot of laughs from a' lots of folk'[00:00:27]

It seems I had to fight my whole life through.[00:00:30]

Some gal would giggle and I'd get red[00:00:35]

I tell ya' life ain't easy for a boy named "Sue."[00:00:40]

Well' I grew up quick and I grew up mean'[00:00:47]

My fist got hard and my wits got keen'[00:00:49]

I'd roam from town to town to hide my shame.[00:00:52]

But I made a vow to the moon and stars[00:00:56]

That I'd search the honky-tonks and bars[00:00:59]

And kill that man who gave me that awful name.[00:01:01]

Well' it was Gatlinburg in mid-July[00:01:06]

And I just hit town and my throat was dry'[00:01:08]

I thought I'd stop and have myself a brew.[00:01:11]

At an old saloon on a street of mud'[00:01:16]

There at a table' dealing stud'[00:01:17]

Sat the dirty' mangy dog that named me "Sue."[00:01:20]

Well' I knew that snake was my own sweet dad[00:01:26]

From a worn-out picture that my mother'd had'[00:01:28]

And I knew that scar on his cheek and his evil eye.[00:01:29]

He was big and bent and gray and old'[00:01:34]

And I looked at him and my blood ran cold[00:01:36]

And I said: "My name is 'Sue!' How do you do![00:01:39]

Now your gonna die!!"[00:01:43]

Well' I hit him hard right between the eyes[00:01:51]

And he went down' but to my surprise'[00:01:52]

He come up with a knife and cut off a piece of my ear.[00:01:55]

But I busted a chair right across his teeth[00:01:59]

And we crashed through the wall and into the street[00:02:02]

Kicking and a' gouging in the mud and the blood and the beer.[00:02:04]

I tell ya' I've fought tougher men[00:02:09]

But I really can't remember when'[00:02:11]

He kicked like a mule and he bit like a crocodile.[00:02:14]

I heard him laugh and then I heard him cuss'[00:02:18]

He went for his gun and I pulled mine first'[00:02:21]

He stood there lookin' at me and I saw him smile.[00:02:23]

And he said: "Son' this world is rough[00:02:30]

And if a man's gonna make it' he's gotta be tough[00:02:32]

And I knew I wouldn't be there to help ya along.[00:02:34]

So I give ya that name and I said goodbye[00:02:37]

I knew you'd have to get tough or die[00:02:40]

And it's the name that helped to make you strong."[00:02:42]

He said: "Now you just fought one hell of a fight[00:02:47]

And I know you hate me' and you got the right[00:02:50]

To kill me now' and I wouldn't blame you if you do.[00:02:53]

But ya ought to thank me' before I die'[00:02:57]

For the gravel in ya guts and the spit in ya eye[00:03:00]

Cause I'm the son-of-a-b**ch that named you "Sue.'"[00:03:02]

I got all choked up and I threw down my gun[00:03:12]

And I called him my pa' and he called me his son'[00:03:13]

And I came away with a different point of view.[00:03:16]

And I think about him' now and then'[00:03:20]

Every time I try and every time I win'[00:03:23]

And if I ever have a son' I think I'm gonna name him[00:03:25]