A Boy Named Sue-Johnny Cash

[ti:A Boy Named Sue] [ar:Johnny Cash] [al:Heroes of the Big Country - Johnny Cash] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.37]A Boy Named Sue - Johnny Cash (约翰尼·卡什) [00:01.64]Written by：Sheldon Silverstein [00:02.40] [00:15.78]Well my daddy left home when I was three [00:18.11]Didn't leave here much to ma and me [00:20.22]Just this ole guitar and empty bottle of booze [00:23.36] [00:24.84]Now I don't blame him 'cause he run and hid [00:27.10]But the meanest thing and my dad he ever did [00:29.53]Was before he left he went and named me Sue [00:32.43] [00:33.90]He musta thought that it was quite a joke [00:36.11]And it got a lot of laughs from lots a folks [00:38.65]Seems I had to fight my whole life through [00:41.66] [00:42.89]Some gal would giggle and I'd turn red [00:45.14]And some guy'd laugh and I'd bust his head [00:47.27]I'll tell ya life ain't easy for a boy named Sue [00:50.60] [00:51.93]Well I grew up quick and I grew up mean [00:54.24]My fist got hard and my wits got keen [00:56.74]Roamed from town to town to hide my shame [00:59.59] [01:00.91]But I made me a vow to the moon and stars [01:03.26]I'd search the honky tonks and bars [01:05.72]And kill that man give me that awful name [01:08.38] [01:09.57]Well it was gatlinburg in mid July [01:12.06]And I'd just hit town and my throat was dry [01:14.96]Thought I'd stop and have myself a brew [01:17.79] [01:18.79]At an old saloon on a street of mud [01:21.37]And there at a table dealin' stud [01:23.72]Sat the dirty mangey dog that named me Sue [01:26.49] [01:28.06]Well I knew that snake was my own sweet dad [01:30.35]From a worn out picture that my mother had [01:32.91]Knew that scar on his cheek and his evil eye [01:35.75] [01:37.07]He was big and bent and Grey and old [01:39.44]And I looked at him and my blood ran cold and I said [01:42.81]My name is Sue [01:44.43] [01:44.99]How do you do [01:47.16]Now you gonna die [01:48.63] [01:51.81]Well I hit him hard right between the eyes [01:54.30]And he went down but to my surprise [01:56.71]Came up with a knife an' cut off a piece of my ear [01:59.64] [02:01.01]And I busted a chair right across his teeth [02:03.27]We crashed through the wall and into the street [02:05.78]Kickin' and a gougin' in the mud [02:07.30]And the blood and the beer [02:08.71] [02:09.93]Well I tell ya I've fought tougher men [02:12.47]But I really can't remember when [02:14.54]He kicked like a mule and he bit like a crocodile [02:17.71] [02:19.23]I heard him laugh and then I heard him cuss [02:21.30]He went for his gun but I pulled mine first [02:23.93]He stood there lookin' at me and I saw him smile [02:27.29]And he said son this world is rough [02:29.26]And if a man's gonna make it he's gotta be tough [02:31.90]And I know wouldn't be there to help you along [02:34.65] [02:35.88]So I gave you that name and I said goodbye [02:38.51]I knew you'd have to get tough or die [02:40.97]It's that name that helped to make you strong [02:43.71] [02:45.12]It's that you just fought one hell of a fight [02:47.47]I know you hate me and ya got the right [02:49.85]To kill me now and wouldn't blame you if you do [02:52.82] [02:54.12]But you oughta thank me before I die [02:56.60]For the gravel in your guts and the spit in eye [02:59.02]'Cause I'm the son that named you Sue [03:01.87] [03:03.41]What could I do [03:04.48] [03:05.42]I got all choked up and threw down my gun [03:08.18]Called him my pa and he called me his son [03:10.74]Come away with a different point of view [03:13.36] [03:14.60]And I think about him now and then [03:17.00]Every time I try and every time I win [03:19.59]And if I would have gonna name him [03:22.28]Bill or George Frank any thing but Sue [03:25.44]That's all