Boy Named Sue (Live)-Johnny Cash

[ti:A Boy Named Sue] [ar:Various Artists] [al:70'S Movies: The Ultimate Soundtrack] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Boy Named Sue (Live) - Johnny Cash (约翰尼·卡什) [00:15.81]Well my daddy left home when I was three [00:17.97]And he didn't leave much to ma and me [00:20.08]Just this old guitar and an empty bottle of booze [00:23.34] [00:24.82]Now I don't blame him 'cause he run and hid [00:27.02]But the meanest thing that he ever did [00:29.33]Was before he left he went and named me Sue [00:33.27] [00:33.93]Well he must o' thought that is quite a joke [00:36.08]And it got a lot of laughs from a' lots of folk [00:38.64]It seems I had to fight my whole life through [00:42.71]Some gal would giggle and I'd get red [00:45.07]And some guy'd laugh and I'd bust his head [00:47.35]I tell ya life ain't easy for a boy named Sue [00:51.19] [00:51.86]Well I grew up quick and I grew up mean [00:54.11]My fist got hard and my wits got keen [00:56.61]I'd roam from town to town to hide my shame [01:00.06] [01:00.79]But I made me a vow to the moon and stars [01:03.12]That I'd search the H***y tonks and bars [01:05.31]And k**l that man who gave me that awful name [01:08.33] [01:09.49]Well it was Gatlinburg in mid July [01:12.08]And I just hit town and my throat was dry [01:14.89]I thought I'd stop and have myself a brew [01:17.81] [01:18.62]At an old saloon on a street of mud [01:21.42]There at a table dealing stud [01:23.53]Sat the dirty mangy dog that named me Sue [01:26.54] [01:28.03]Well I knew that snake was my own sweet dad [01:30.29]From a worn out picture that my mother had [01:32.71]And I knew that scar on his cheek and his evil eye [01:36.45] [01:37.04]He was big and bent and gray and old [01:39.28]And I looked at him and my blood ran cold [01:41.53]And I said "My name is Sue How do you do [01:46.55] [01:47.14]Now you're gonna die" [01:49.06] [01:51.79]Well I hit him hard right between the eyes [01:54.16]And he went down but to my surprise [01:56.61]He come up with a knife [01:57.96]And cut off a piece of my ear [01:59.80] [02:00.89]But I busted a chair right across his teeth [02:03.16]And we crashed through the wall [02:04.61]And into the street [02:05.69]Kicking and a' gouging in the mud [02:07.38]And the blood and the beer [02:08.68] [02:09.80]I tell ya I've fought tougher men [02:12.31]But I really can't remember when [02:13.77]He kicked like a mule [02:15.65]And he bit like a crocodile [02:17.79] [02:19.07]I heard him laugh and then I heard him curse [02:21.28]He went for his gun and I pulled mine first [02:23.79]He stood there lookin' at me and I saw him smile [02:27.33]And he said "Son this world is rough [02:29.23]And if a man's gonna make it [02:30.68]He's gotta be tough [02:31.79]And I knew I wouldn't be there to help you along [02:34.96] [02:35.80]So I give you that name and I said goodbye [02:38.34]I knew you'd have to get tough or die [02:40.90]And it's the name that [02:41.92]Helped to make you strong" [02:44.28] [02:45.04]He said "Now you just fought one hell of a fight [02:47.44]And I know you hate me and you got the right [02:49.85]To k**l me now [02:50.89]And I wouldn't blame you if you do [02:52.78] [02:53.88]But you ought to thank me before I die [02:56.58]For the gravel in ya guts and the spit in ya eye [02:58.93]'Cause I'm the son-of-a-b**ch that named you Sue [03:02.14] [03:03.50]What could I do [03:04.48] [03:05.40]I got all choked up and I threw down my gun [03:07.63]And I called him my pa and he called me his son [03:10.16] [03:10.70]And I came away with a different point of view [03:13.56] [03:14.44]And I think about him now and then [03:17.04]Every time I try and every time I win [03:19.47]And if I ever have a boy [03:20.92]I'm name him [03:22.10]Bill George or anything but Sue [03:25.49]I still hate that name