《A Boy Named Sue》歌词

歌曲： A Boy Named Sue

所属专辑：Complete Live At San Quentin/Orange Blossom

歌手： Johnny Cash

时长： 03:59

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My daddy left home when I was three[00:00:20]

And he didn't leave much to ma and me[00:00:22]

Just this old guitar and an empty bottle of booze [00:00:23]

Now' I don't blame him cause he run and hid[00:00:29]

But the meanest thing that he ever did[00:00:31]

Was before he left' he went and named me "Sue "[00:00:33]

Well' he must o' thought that is quite a joke[00:00:39]

And it got a lot of laughs from a' lots of folk'[00:00:42]

It seems I had to fight my whole life through [00:00:44]

Some gal would giggle and I'd get red[00:00:49]

I tell ya' life ain't easy for a boy named "Sue "[00:00:51]

Well' I grew up quick and I grew up mean'[00:01:00]

My fist got hard and my wits got keen'[00:01:03]

I'd roam from town to town to hide my shame [00:01:05]

But I made a vow to the moon and stars[00:01:10]

That I'd search the honky-tonks and bars[00:01:12]

And kill that man who gave me that awful name [00:01:15]

Well' it was Gatlinburg in mid-July[00:01:19]

And I just hit town and my throat was dry'[00:01:21]

I thought I'd stop and have myself a brew [00:01:24]

At an old saloon on a street of mud'[00:01:29]

There at a table' dealing stud'[00:01:31]

Sat the dirty' mangy dog that named me "Sue "[00:01:33]

Well' I knew that snake was my own sweet dad[00:01:38]

From a worn-out picture that my mother'd had'[00:01:41]

And I knew that scar on his cheek and his evil eye [00:01:43]

He was big and bent and gray and old'[00:01:47]

And I looked at him and my blood ran cold[00:01:50]

And I said: "My name is 'Sue ' How do you do [00:01:52]

Now your gonna die "[00:01:57]

Well' I hit him hard right between the eyes[00:02:02]

And he went down' but to my surprise'[00:02:06]

He come up with a knife and cut off a piece of my ear [00:02:09]

But I busted a chair right across his teeth[00:02:13]

And we crashed through the wall and into the street[00:02:16]

Kicking and a' gouging in the mud and the blood and the beer [00:02:18]

I tell ya' I've fought tougher men[00:02:23]

But I really can't remember when'[00:02:25]

He kicked like a mule and he bit like a crocodile [00:02:27]

I heard him laugh and then I heard him cuss'[00:02:32]

He went for his gun and I pulled mine first'[00:02:35]

He stood there lookin' at me and I saw him smile [00:02:37]

And he said: "Son' this world is rough[00:02:41]

And if a man's gonna make it' he's gotta be tough[00:02:44]

And I knew I wouldn't be there to help ya along [00:02:47]

So I give ya that name and I said goodbye[00:02:51]

I knew you'd have to get tough or die[00:02:54]

And it's the name that helped to make you strong "[00:02:56]

He said: "Now you just fought one hell of a fight[00:03:02]

And I know you hate me' and you got the right[00:03:04]

To kill me now' and I wouldn't blame you if you do [00:03:07]

But ya ought to thank me' before I die'[00:03:11]

For the gravel in ya guts and the spit in ya eye[00:03:14]

Cause I'm the son-of-a-b**ch that named you "Sue '"[00:03:16]

I got all choked up and I threw down my gun[00:03:25]

And I called him my pa' and he called me his son'[00:03:27]

And I came away with a different point of view [00:03:29]

And I think about him' now and then'[00:03:34]

Every time I try and every time I win'[00:03:36]

And if I ever have a son' I think I'm gonna name him[00:03:39]