A Boy Named Sue (Live at Channel DR-TV, Copenhagen, Denmark - September 1971)-Johnny Cash

[ti:A Boy Named Sue (Live)] [ar:Johnny Cash] [al:Man in Black: Live in Demark 1971] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]A Boy Named Sue (Live at Channel DR-TV, Copenhagen, Denmark - September 1971) - Johnny Cash [00:13.11]Well my daddy left home when I was three [00:15.25]And he didn't leave much to ma and me [00:17.26]Just this ole guitar and an empty bottle of booze [00:21.90]Now I don't blame him 'cause he run and hid [00:23.99]But the meanest thing that he ever did [00:26.33]Was before he left he went and named me sue [00:30.29]Well he musta thought that it was quite a joke [00:32.66]And it got a lot of laughs from lots a folks [00:34.90]Seems I had to fight my whole life through [00:38.92]Some gal would giggle and I'd get red [00:40.64]And some guy'd laugh and I'd bust his head [00:43.31]I'll tell ya life ain't easy for a boy named sue [00:47.64]Well I grew up quick and I grew up mean [00:49.86]My fist got hard and my wits got keen [00:52.34]I roamed from town to town to hide my shame [00:56.21]But I made me a vow to the moon and stars [00:58.96]I'd search the H***y tonks and bars [01:01.27]k**l that man that give me that awful name [01:04.65]Well it was gatlinburg in mid July [01:07.08]And I'd just hit town and my throat was dry [01:09.81]I thought I'd stop and have myself a brew [01:13.69]At an old saloon on a street of mud [01:16.06]There at a table dealin' stud [01:18.38]Sat the dirty mangey dog that named me sue [01:22.28]Well I knew that snake was my own sweet dad [01:24.59]From a worn out picture that my mother had [01:26.95]And I knew that scar on his cheek and his evil eye [01:31.02]He was big and bent and grey and old [01:33.28]And I looked at him and my blood ran cold and I said [01:36.23]My name is sue how do you do now you gonna die [01:47.51]But I hit him hard right between the eyes [01:49.95]You are down but to my surprise [01:51.95]Came up with a knife an' cut off a piece of my ear [01:55.94]I busted a chair right across his teeth [01:57.98]And we crashed through the wall and into the street [02:00.26]Kickin' and a gougin' in the mud and the blood and the beer [02:04.63]I tell ya I've fought tougher men [02:06.92]But I really can't remember when [02:09.26]He kicked like a mule and he bit like a crocodile [02:13.25]Well I heard him laugh and then I heard him cuss [02:15.78]He went for his gun but I pulled mine first [02:18.07]He stood there lookin' at me and I saw him smile [02:21.24]And he said son this world is rough [02:23.04]And if a man's gonna make it he's gotta be tough [02:25.48]And I know I wouldn't be there to help you along [02:29.59]So I gave you that name and I said goodbye [02:31.80]I knew you'd have to get tough or die [02:34.26]And it's that name that helped to make you strong [02:37.45]Yeah he said now you just fought one hell of a fight [02:40.44]And I know you hate me got the right [02:42.93]To k**l me now and I wouldn't blame you if you do [02:46.97]But you oughta thank me before I die [02:49.04]For the gravel in your guts and the spit in the eye [02:51.61]'Cause I'm the son of a b**ch that named you sue [02:54.96]What could I do [02:57.42]What I got all choked up and threw down my gun [03:00.23]Called him my pa and he called me his son [03:02.85]And I come away with a different point of view [03:06.50]And I think about him now and then [03:08.99]Every time I try and every time I win [03:11.10]And if I ever have a son I think I'm gonna name him