A Boy Named Sue-The Treniers

[ti:A Boy Named Sue] [ar:The Treniers] [al:A Boy Named Sue: Hokum R&B Sides] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]A Boy Named Sue (一个叫苏的男孩) - The Treniers [00:10.11]Well my daddy left home when I was three [00:12.68] [00:14.49]And he didn't leave much to ma and me [00:16.71] [00:17.85]Just this old guitar and an empty bottle of booze [00:22.75] [00:24.79]Now I don't blame him 'cause he run and hid [00:29.64]But the meanest thing that he ever did [00:32.27] [00:32.95]Was before he left he went and named me Sue [00:38.36] [00:40.01]Well he must o' thought that is quite a joke [00:43.61]And it got a lot of laughs from a' lots of folk [00:47.37] [00:48.33]It seems I had to fight my whole life through [00:52.35] [00:55.32]Some gal would giggle and I'd get red [00:59.12]And some guy'd laugh and I'd bust his head [01:02.93] [01:03.69]Life ain't easy for a boy named Sue [01:07.73] [01:10.46]So I grew up quick and I grew up mean [01:14.27]My fist got hard and my wits got keen [01:18.55]I'd roam from town to town to hide my shame [01:22.60] [01:25.65]But I made me a vow to the moon and stars [01:29.75]That I'd search the honky tonks and bars [01:33.35]And kill that man who gave me that awful name [01:37.70] [01:40.23]Well it was Gatlinburg in mid July [01:44.39]And I just hit town and my throat was dry [01:47.93] [01:48.55]I thought I'd stop and have myself a brew [01:53.08] [01:55.33]At an old saloon on a street of mud [01:59.45]There at a table dealing stud [02:02.36] [02:02.92]Sat the dirty mangy dog that named me Sue [02:08.12] [02:10.10]Well I knew that snake was my own sweet dad [02:14.31]From a worn out picture that my mother had [02:17.53]And I knew that scar on his cheek and his evil eye [02:23.57] [02:25.09]He was big and bent and gray and old [02:29.38]And I looked at him and my blood ran cold [02:33.39]So I want to do with him [02:35.50] [02:36.96]I said "My name is Sue How do you do [02:40.60]You're gonna die" [02:42.79]Yeah that's i was telling [02:44.37] [02:47.30]Well I hit him hard right between the eyes [02:50.63] [02:51.78]And he went down but to my surprise [02:54.64]He come up with a knife [02:57.46]And cut off a piece of my ear [03:00.36] [03:02.19]But I busted a chair right across his teeth [03:06.06]And we crashed through the wall [03:07.92]And into the street [03:09.72]Kicking and a' gouging in the mud [03:11.73]And the blood and the beer [03:13.73] [03:18.28]I've fought tougher men [03:21.28]But I really can't remember when [03:24.46]He kicked like a mule and he bit like a crocodile [03:30.16] [03:32.35]I heard him laugh and then I heard him curse [03:36.11]He went for his gun and I pulled mine first [03:40.21]He stood there lookin' at me [03:42.61]And I saw him smile [03:45.94] [03:46.91]And he said "Son you know this world is rough [03:51.02]And if a man's gonna make it he's gotta be tough [03:55.07]So I knew I wouldn't be there to help you along [03:59.49] [04:01.85]So I give you that name and I said goodbye [04:05.42] [04:06.59]I knew you'd have to get tough or die [04:09.26]And it's the name that helped to make you strong" [04:15.57] [04:16.77]He said "Now you just fought one hell of a fight [04:20.80]And I know you hate me and you got the right [04:24.49]To kill me now [04:26.97]And I wouldn't blame you if you do [04:30.21] [04:31.96]But you ought to thank me before I die [04:35.60]For the gravel in ya guts and the spit in ya eye [04:39.60]'Cause I'm the son-of-a-b**ch that named you Sue [04:43.87] [04:44.85]What could I do Yeah what could I do [04:47.49] [04:50.29]I got all choked up and I threw down my gun [04:54.81]And I called him my pa and he called me his son [04:57.68]And I came away with a different point of view [05:03.57] [05:04.96]Well I think about him now and then [05:08.49] [05:09.02]Every time I try and every time I win [05:12.91]And if I ever have a son [05:15.34]I think I'm gonna name him [05:17.28]Bill George pi woo anything but to my name is sun