A Boy Named Sue-Johnny Cash

[ti:A Boy Named Sue (Live)] [ar:Johnny Cash] [al:The Classic Albums Collection] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]A Boy Named Sue - Johnny Cash (约翰尼·卡什) [00:05.10]My daddy left home when I was three [00:07.41]And he didn't leave much to ma and me [00:09.77]Just this old guitar and an empty bottle of booze [00:12.56] [00:14.44]Now I don't blame him cause he run and hid [00:16.81]But the meanest thing that he ever did [00:19.20]Was before he left he went and named me Sue [00:22.30] [00:24.86]Well he must o' thought that is quite a joke [00:27.34]And it got a lot of laughs from a' lots of folk [00:29.96]It seems I had to fight my whole life through [00:33.36] [00:34.30]Some gal would giggle and I'd get red [00:36.84]And some guyed laugh and I'd bust his head [00:39.13]I tell ya life ain't easy for a boy named Sue [00:42.17] [00:46.00]Well I grew up quick and I grew up mean [00:48.41]My fist got hard and my wits got keen [00:50.95]I'd roam from town to town to hide my shame [00:54.71] [00:55.49]But I made a vow to the moon and stars [00:58.10]That I'd search the honky-tanks and bars [01:00.56]And kill that man who gave me that awful name [01:03.00] [01:04.64]Well it was Gatlinburg in mid-July [01:07.21]And I just hit town and my throat was dry [01:09.74]I thought I'd stop and have myself a brew [01:12.97] [01:14.17]At an old saloon on a street of mud [01:16.76]There at a table dealing stud [01:19.09]Sat the dirty mangy dog that named me Sue [01:21.92] [01:23.50]Well I knew that snake was my own sweet dad [01:26.07]From a worn-out picture that my mothered had [01:28.41]And I knew that scar on his cheek and his evil eye [01:31.77] [01:32.81]He was big and bent and gray and old [01:35.38]And I looked at him and my blood ran cold [01:37.74]And I said my name is Sue how do you do [01:41.52] [01:42.57]Now your gonna die [01:43.91] [01:49.14]Well I hit him hard right between the eyes [01:51.78]And he went down but to my surprise [01:54.36]He come up with a knife and cut off a piece of my ear [01:57.16] [01:58.62]But I busted a chair right across his teeth [02:00.99]And we crashed through the wall and into the street [02:03.46]Kicking and a' gouging in the mud and the blood and the beer [02:06.28] [02:08.19]I tell ya I've fought tougher men [02:10.45]But I really can't remember when [02:12.61]He kicked like a mule and he bit like a crocodile [02:15.95] [02:17.28]I heard him laugh and then I heard him cuss [02:20.16]He went for his gun and I pulled mine first [02:22.64]He stood there lookin' at me and I saw him smile [02:25.92]And he said Son this world is rough [02:29.51]And if a man's gonna make it he's gotta be tough [02:31.78]And I knew I wouldn't be there to help ya along [02:34.72] [02:36.16]So I give ya that name and I said goodbye [02:38.82]I knew you'd have to get tough or die [02:41.20]And it's the name that helped to make you strong [02:44.18] [02:46.88]He said now you just fought one hell of a fight [02:49.47]And I know you hate me and you got the right [02:51.86]To kill me now and I wouldn't blame you if you do [02:55.28] [02:56.34]But ya ought to thank me before I die [02:58.81]For the gravel in ya guts and the spit in ya eye [03:01.46]Cause I'm the son-of-a-b**ch that named you Sue [03:04.08] [03:09.44]I got all choked up and I threw down my gun [03:11.84]And I called him my pa and he called me his son [03:14.36]And I came away with a different point of view [03:17.24] [03:18.71]And I think about him now and then [03:21.12]Every time I try and every time I win [03:23.90]And if I ever have a son I think I'm gonna name him [03:28.75]Bill or George anything but Sue I still hate that name