A Boy Named Sue-Johnny Cash

[ti:A Boy Named Sue] [ar:Johnny Cash] [al:Journey Through Country - Johnny Cash (100 Essential Tracks)] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]A Boy Named Sue (一个叫苏的男孩) - Johnny Cash (约翰尼·卡什) [00:15.86]Well my daddy left home when I was three [00:18.03]And he didn't leave much to ma and me [00:19.90]Just this old guitar and an empty bottle of booze [00:23.12] [00:24.82]Now I don't blame him 'cause he run and hid [00:27.05]But the meanest thing that he ever did [00:29.05]Was before he left he went and named me Sue [00:32.17] [00:33.88]Well he musta thought that it was quite a joke [00:36.00]And it got a lot of laughs from lots a folks [00:38.59]Seems I had to fight my whole life through [00:41.24] [00:42.65]Some gal would giggle and I'd get red [00:44.79]And some guy'd laugh and I'd bust his head [00:46.55]I'll tell ya life ain't easy for a boy named Sue [00:50.30] [00:51.89]Well I grew up quick and I grew up mean [00:54.35]My fist got hard and my wits got keen [00:56.23]I roamed from town to town to hide my shame [00:59.02] [01:00.80]But I made me a vow to the moon and stars [01:02.96]I'd search the honky tonks and bars [01:04.66] [01:05.34]And kill that man that give me that awful name [01:08.07] [01:09.56]Well it was gatlinburg in mid July [01:11.82]And I'd just hit town and my throat was dry [01:14.98]I thought I'd stop and have myself a brew [01:17.81] [01:18.70]At an old saloon on a street of mud [01:21.43]There at a table dealin' stud [01:23.51]Sat the dirty mangey dog that named me Sue [01:26.74] [01:27.96]Well I knew that snake was my own sweet dad [01:30.30]From a worn out picture that my mother had [01:31.93] [01:32.53]And I knew that scar on his cheek and his evil eye [01:35.14] [01:37.08]He was big and bent and grey and old [01:39.38]And I looked at him and my blood ran cold and I said [01:42.52]My name is Sue how do you do now you gonna die [01:48.16] [01:51.76]Well I hit him hard right between the eyes [01:54.05]And he went down but to my surprise [01:56.33]Came up with a knife an' cut off a piece of my ear [01:59.35] [02:00.90]I busted a chair right across his teeth [02:02.55]And we crashed through the wall and into the street [02:05.30]Kickin' and a gougin' in the mud and the blood and the beer [02:08.63] [02:09.76]I tell ya I've fought tougher men [02:11.82] [02:12.36]But I really can't remember when [02:13.56] [02:14.44]He kicked like a mule and he bit like a crocodile [02:16.70] [02:19.11]I heard him laugh and then I heard him cuss [02:21.21]He went for his gun but I pulled mine first [02:23.74]He stood there looking at me and I saw him smile [02:26.60] [02:27.20]And he said Son this world is rough [02:29.12]And if a man's gonna make it he's gotta be tough [02:31.57]And I know I wouldn't be there to help you along [02:34.38] [02:35.75]So I gave you that name and I said goodbye [02:38.22]I knew you'd have to get tough or die [02:40.13] [02:40.91]And it's that name that helped to make you strong [02:43.40] [02:45.07]He said now you just fought one hell of a fight [02:47.33]And I know you hate me and ya got the right [02:49.17] [02:49.76]To kill me now and I wouldn't blame you if you do [02:52.43] [02:53.96]But you oughta thank me before I die [02:56.08]For the gravel in your guts and the spit in the eye [02:58.71]'Cause I'm the son of a b**ch that named you Sue [03:01.45] [03:03.38]What could I do [03:04.38] [03:05.36]I got all choked up and threw down my gun [03:07.42]Called him my pa and he called me his son [03:10.69]And I come away with a different point of view [03:13.00] [03:14.43]And I think about him now and then [03:16.92]Every time I try and every time I win [03:19.52]And if I think I'm gonna name him [03:21.36] [03:22.14]Bill or george any damn thing but Sue I still hate that name