A Boy Named Sue-Lester Flatt

[ti:A Boy Named Sue] [ar:Flatt & Scruggs] [al:A Boy Named Sue] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]A Boy Named Sue (一个叫苏的男孩) - Lester Flatt [00:08.65]Well my daddy left home when I was three [00:10.99]And he didn't leave much for Ma and me [00:13.33]Just this old guitar and an empty bottle of booze [00:16.21] [00:18.18]Now I don't blame him because he run and hid [00:20.44]But the meanest thing that he ever did [00:22.81]Was before he left he went and named me Sue [00:26.00] [00:27.70]Well he must have thought it was quite a joke [00:30.15]And it got lots of laughs from a lot of folks [00:32.87]It seems I had to fight my whole life through [00:35.63] [00:37.40]Some gal would giggle and I'd get red [00:39.95]Some guy would laugh and I'd bust his head [00:42.48]I tell you life ain't easy for a boy named Sue [00:45.33] [00:47.05]Well I grew up quick and I grew up mean [00:49.58]My fist got hard and my wits got keen [00:51.99]I roamed from town to town to hide my shame [00:54.84] [00:56.72]Well I made my vows to the moon and stars [00:59.24]I'd search the honky tonks and the bars [01:01.62]And kill that man that gave me that awful name [01:04.62] [01:06.38]Well it was Gatlinsburg in mid July [01:08.64]And I just hit town and my throat was dry [01:11.34]I'd thought I'd stop and have myself a brew [01:14.06] [01:15.98]At an old saloon on a street of mud [01:18.50]There at a table dealing stud [01:20.63] [01:21.17]Sat that dirty mangy dog that named me Sue [01:24.17] [01:25.64]Well I knew that sneak was my own sweet dad [01:28.21]From a wornout picture that my mother had [01:30.52]And I knew that scar on his cheek and his evil eye [01:33.47] [01:35.29]He was big and bent and gray and old [01:38.14]And I looked at him and my blood ran cold [01:40.61]And I said my name is Sue how do you do [01:44.37] [01:45.72]Now you're gonna die yeah that's what I told him [01:49.64] [01:51.16]Well I hit him hard right between the eyes [01:53.83]And he went down but to my surprice [01:56.05]He came up with a knife [01:57.53]And cut off a piece of my ear [01:59.72] [02:00.76]Well I busted a chair right across his teeth [02:03.38]And we crashed through the wall and into the street [02:05.91]Kickin' and a gougin' in the mud [02:07.59]And the blood and the beer [02:08.68] [02:10.56]I tell you I've fought tougher men [02:12.84]But I really can't remember when [02:14.95] [02:15.50]He kicked like a mule [02:16.77]And bit like a crocodile [02:19.31] [02:21.59]I heard him laug and I heard him cuss [02:24.03]He went for his gun and I pulled mine first [02:26.69]He stood there looking at me and I saw him smile [02:29.28] [02:31.25]And he said son this world is rough [02:33.71]And if a man's gonna make it he's gotta be tough [02:35.83] [02:36.39]And I know I wouldn't be there to help you along [02:39.00] [02:41.13]So I gave you that name and I said goodbye [02:43.70]I knew you'd have to get tough or die [02:45.83]And it's that name that helped to make you strong [02:48.45] [02:51.02]He said you fought one heck of a fight [02:53.34]And I know you hate me and you've got the right [02:55.90]To kill me now I wouldn't blame you if you do [02:58.87] [03:02.09]But you oughta thank me before I die [03:04.21]For the gravel in your guts [03:05.87]And the spit in your eye [03:06.91]For I'm the son of a b**ch that named you Sue [03:09.90] [03:10.57]Lester what the hell that you say [03:12.31] [03:16.75]Yeah what could I do [03:18.29] [03:21.01]I got all choked up and I threw down the gun [03:23.50]Called him a Pa and he called me son [03:25.86]And I come away with a different point of view [03:28.65] [03:30.69]And I think about him now and then [03:33.02]Every time I try and every time I win [03:35.50]And if I ever have a son I think I'll name him [03:38.56] [03:39.53]Well I ain't gonna name him Sue [03:41.57] [03:42.29]I'm gonna call him Johnny Cash