A Boy Named Sue-Johnny Cash

[ti:A Boy Named Sue] [ar:Johnny Cash] [al:Journey Through Country - Johnny Cash (100 Essential Tracks)] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]A Boy Named Sue - Johnny Cash (约翰尼·卡什) [00:15.80]Well my daddy left home when I was three [00:17.97]And he didn't leave much to ma and me [00:19.84]Just this old guitar and an empty bottle of booze [00:23.06] [00:24.76]Now I don't blame him 'cause he run and hid [00:26.99]But the meanest thing that he ever did [00:28.99]Was before he left he went and named me Sue [00:32.11] [00:33.82]Well he musta thought that it was quite a joke [00:35.94]And it got a lot of laughs from lots a folks [00:38.53]Seems I had to fight my whole life through [00:41.18] [00:42.59]Some gal would giggle and I'd get red [00:44.73]And some guy'd laugh and I'd bust his head [00:46.49]I'll tell ya life ain't easy for a boy named Sue [00:50.24] [00:51.83]Well I grew up quick and I grew up mean [00:54.29]My fist got hard and my wits got keen [00:56.17]I roamed from town to town to hide my shame [00:58.96] [01:00.74]But I made me a vow to the moon and stars [01:02.90]I'd search the honky tonks and bars [01:04.60] [01:05.28]And kill that man that give me that awful name [01:08.01] [01:09.50]Well it was gatlinburg in mid July [01:11.76]And I'd just hit town and my throat was dry [01:14.92]I thought I'd stop and have myself a brew [01:17.75] [01:18.64]At an old saloon on a street of mud [01:21.37]There at a table dealin' stud [01:23.45]Sat the dirty mangey dog that named me Sue [01:26.68] [01:27.90]Well I knew that snake was my own sweet dad [01:30.24]From a worn out picture that my mother had [01:31.87] [01:32.47]And I knew that scar on his cheek and his evil eye [01:35.08] [01:37.02]He was big and bent and grey and old [01:39.32]And I looked at him and my blood ran cold and I said [01:42.46]My name is Sue how do you do now you gonna die [01:48.10] [01:51.70]Well I hit him hard right between the eyes [01:53.99]And he went down but to my surprise [01:56.27]Came up with a knife an' cut off a piece of my ear [01:59.29] [02:00.84]I busted a chair right across his teeth [02:02.49]And we crashed through the wall and into the street [02:05.24]Kickin' and a gougin' in the mud and the blood and the beer [02:08.57] [02:09.70]I tell ya I've fought tougher men [02:11.76] [02:12.30]But I really can't remember when [02:13.50] [02:14.38]He kicked like a mule and he bit like a crocodile [02:16.64] [02:19.05]I heard him laugh and then I heard him cuss [02:21.15]He went for his gun but I pulled mine first [02:23.68]He stood there looking at me and I saw him smile [02:26.54] [02:27.14]And he said Son this world is rough [02:29.06]And if a man's gonna make it he's gotta be tough [02:31.51]And I know I wouldn't be there to help you along [02:34.32] [02:35.69]So I gave you that name and I said goodbye [02:38.16]I knew you'd have to get tough or die [02:40.07] [02:40.85]And it's that name that helped to make you strong [02:43.34] [02:45.01]He said now you just fought one hell of a fight [02:47.27]And I know you hate me and ya got the right [02:49.11] [02:49.70]To kill me now and I wouldn't blame you if you do [02:52.37] [02:53.90]But you oughta thank me before I die [02:56.02]For the gravel in your guts and the spit in the eye [02:58.65]'Cause I'm the son of a b**ch that named you Sue [03:01.39] [03:03.32]What could I do [03:04.32] [03:05.30]I got all choked up and threw down my gun [03:07.36]Called him my pa and he called me his son [03:10.63]And I come away with a different point of view [03:12.94] [03:14.37]And I think about him now and then [03:16.86]Every time I try and every time I win [03:19.46]And if I think I'm gonna name him [03:21.30] [03:22.08]Bill or george any damn thing but Sue I still hate that name