《A Boy Named Sue》歌词

歌曲： A Boy Named Sue

所属专辑：Final Fling: One Last Time (Just For Kicks)

歌手： Lester Flatt

时长： 03:52

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A Boy Named Sue - Lester Flatt[00:00:00]

Well my daddy left home when I was three[00:00:08]

And he didn't leave much to ma and me[00:00:10]

Just this old guitar and an empty bottle of booze[00:00:13]

Now I don't blame him 'cause he run and hid[00:00:18]

But the meanest thing that he ever did[00:00:20]

Was before he left he went and named me Sue[00:00:22]

Well he must o' thought that is quite a joke[00:00:27]

And it got a lot of laughs from a' lots of folk[00:00:30]

It seems I had to fight my whole life through[00:00:32]

Some gal would giggle and I'd get red[00:00:37]

And some guy'd laugh and I'd bust his head[00:00:39]

I tell ya life ain't easy for a boy named Sue[00:00:42]

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 me 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[00:01:18]

Sat the dirty mangy dog that named me Sue[00:01:21]

Well I knew that snake was my own sweet dad[00:01:25]

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

And I knew that scar on his cheek and his evil eye[00:01:30]

He was big and bent and gray and old[00:01:35]

And I looked at him and my blood ran cold[00:01:38]

And I said "My name is Sue How do you do [00:01:40]

Now you're gonna die"[00:01:45]

Yeah that's i was telling[00:01:47]

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

And he went down but to my surprise[00:01:53]

He come up with a knife[00:01:56]

And cut off a piece of my ear[00:01:57]

But I busted a chair right across his teeth[00:02:00]

And we crashed through the wall[00:02:03]

And into the street[00:02:05]

Kicking and a' gouging in the mud[00:02:06]

And the blood and the beer[00:02:07]

I tell ya I've fought tougher men[00:02:10]

But I really can't remember when[00:02:13]

He kicked like a mule[00:02:15]

And he bit like a crocodile[00:02:17]

I heard him laugh[00:02:21]

And then I heard him curse[00:02:22]

He went for his gun and I pulled mine first[00:02:24]

He stood there lookin' at me[00:02:26]

And I saw him smile[00:02:28]

And he said "Son this world is rough[00:02:31]

And if a man's gonna make it [00:02:33]

He's gotta be tough[00:02:35]

And I knew I wouldn't be there to help you along[00:02:36]

So I give you that name and I said goodbye[00:02:41]

I knew you'd have to get tough or die[00:02:43]

And it's the name that helped to make you strong"[00:02:46]

He said "Now you just fought one hell of a fight[00:02:51]

And I know you hate me and you got the right[00:02:53]

To kill me now and I wouldn't blame you if you do[00:02:56]

But you ought to thank me before I die[00:03:02]

For the gravel in ya guts and the spit in ya eye[00:03:04]

'Cause I'm the son-of-a-bitch that named you Sue[00:03:07]

Yeah what could I do [00:03:16]

I got all choked up and I threw down my gun[00:03:21]

And I called him my pa [00:03:23]

And he called me his son[00:03:25]

And I came away with a different point of view[00:03:26]

And I think about him now and then[00:03:30]

Every time I try and every time I win[00:03:33]

And if I ever have a son [00:03:35]

I think I'm gonna name him[00:03:37]

Well I'm gonna name sun[00:03:39]

I'm gonna calling[00:03:42]

John or George[00:03:44]