A Boy Named Sue (Live at The White House, Washington D.C., April 17, 1970)-Johnny Cash

[ti:A Boy Named Sue(Live at The White House, Washington D.C., A)] [ar:Johnny Cash] [al:Bootleg 3: Live Around the World] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]A Boy Named Sue (Live at The White House, Washington D.C., April 17, 1970) - Johnny Cash [00:09.64]My daddy left home when I was three [00:12.09]And he didn't leave much to ma and me [00:14.29]Just this old guitar and an empty bottle of booze [00:19.10]Now I don't blame him cause he run and hid [00:21.26]But the meanest thing that my dady ever did [00:23.66]Was before he left he went and named me Sue [00:27.90]Well he must of thought that is quite a joke [00:30.21]And it got a lot of laughs from a lots of folk [00:32.65]It seems I had to fight my whole life through [00:37.10]Some gal would giggle and I'd get red [00:39.55]And some guy'd laugh and I'd bust his head [00:41.69]I tell ya life ain't easy for a boy named Sue [00:46.25]Well I grew up quick and I grew up mean [00:48.55]My fist got hard and my wits got keen [00:50.83]I'd roam from town to town to hide my shame [00:55.44]But I made a vow to the moon and stars [00:57.81]That I'd search the honky-tonks and bars [01:00.47]And k**l that man who gave me that awful name [01:04.13]Well it was Gatlinburg in mid-July [01:06.94]And I just hit town and my throat was dry [01:09.69]I thought I'd stop and have myself a brew [01:13.89]At an old saloon on a street of mud [01:16.23]There at a table dealing stud [01:18.52]Sat the dirty mangy dog that named me Sue [01:22.84]Well I knew that snake was my own sweet dad [01:25.38]From a worn-out picture that my mother'd had [01:27.46]And I knew that scar on his cheek [01:29.45]And his evil eye [01:32.01]He was big and bent and gray and old [01:34.46]And I looked at him and my blood ran cold [01:37.00]And I said My name is Sue How do you do [01:41.51]Now your gonna die [01:50.65]Well I hit him hard right between the eyes [01:52.68]And he went down but to my surprise [01:55.32]He come up with a knife and cut off a [01:56.93]Piece of my ear [01:59.54]But I busted a chair right across his teeth [02:01.71]And we crashed through the wall and [02:03.17]Into the street [02:04.38]Kicking and gouging in the mud and [02:06.06]The blood and the beer [02:08.65]I tell ya I've fought tougher men [02:10.93]But I really can't remember when [02:13.35]He kicked like a mule and he bit [02:15.15]Like a crocodile [02:17.68]I heard him laugh and then I heard him cuss [02:19.99]He went for his gun and I pulled mine first [02:22.36]He stood there looking at me and [02:24.29]I saw him smile [02:26.23]And he said Son this world is rough [02:28.17]And if a man's gonna make it [02:29.70]He's gotta be tough [02:30.85]And I knew I wouldn't be there to help you along [02:34.78]So I give you that name and I said goodbye [02:37.25]I knew you'd have to get tough or die [02:39.53]And it's the name that helped to [02:41.39]Make you strong [02:43.57]He said Now you just fought one [02:45.23]Hell of a fight [02:46.27]And I know you hate me and you got the right [02:48.67]To k**l me now and I wouldn't blame you if you do [02:53.05]But you ought to thank me before I die [02:55.46]For the gravel in you guts and the spit in you eye [02:57.65]Cause I'm the that named you Sue [03:06.79]I got all choked up and I threw down my gun [03:09.11]And I called him my pa and he called me his son [03:11.53]And I came away with a different point of view [03:15.72]And I think about him now and then [03:17.92]Every time I try and every time I win [03:20.34]And if I ever have a boy I guss [03:22.34]I'm gonna call him [03:23.81]George calder kim