A Boy Named Sue (Live)-Johnny Cash

[ti:A Boy Named Sue] [ar:Johnny Cash] [al:The Collection...] [by:] [offset:0] [00:07.56]My daddy left home when I was three [00:10.06]And he didn't leave much to Ma and me [00:12.43]Just this old guitar and an empty bottle of booze [00:15.00] [00:17.18]Now' I don't blame him cause he run and hid [00:19.61]But the meanest thing that he ever did [00:21.36] [00:21.93]Was before he left' he went and named me 'Sue ' [00:24.72] [00:27.65]Well' he must o' thought that is was quite a joke [00:30.14]And it got a lot of laughs from a' lots of folk' [00:32.33]It seems I had to fight my whole life through [00:35.47] [00:37.03]Some gal would giggle and I'd get red [00:39.42]And some guy'd laugh and I'd bust his head' [00:41.83]I tell ya' life ain't easy for a boy named 'Sue ' [00:44.77] [00:48.89]Well' I grew up quick and I grew up mean' [00:51.28]My fist got hard and my wits got keen' [00:53.59]I'd roam from town to town to hide my shame [00:57.02] [00:58.21]But I made me a vow to the moon and stars [01:00.76]That I'd search the honky-tonks and bars [01:02.64] [01:03.32]And kill that man that give me that awful name [01:05.35] [01:07.47]Well' it was Gatlinburg in mid-July [01:09.95]And I just hit town and my throat was dry' [01:12.45]I thought I'd stop and have myself a brew [01:15.52] [01:17.14]At an old saloon on a street of mud' [01:19.39]There at a table' dealing stud' [01:21.89]Sat the dirty' mangy dog that named me 'Sue ' [01:24.51] [01:26.32]Well' I knew that snake was my own sweet dad [01:28.76]From a worn-out picture that my mother'd had' [01:31.26]And I knew that scar on his cheek and his evil eye [01:33.91] [01:35.66]He was big and bent and gray and old' [01:38.16]And I looked at him and my blood ran cold [01:40.40]And I said: "My name is 'Sue ' how do you do Now you gonna die " [01:46.53] [01:52.08]Well' I hit him hard right between the eyes [01:54.49]And he went down but' to my surprise' [01:56.55] [01:57.29]Hee up with a knife and cut off a piece of my ear [01:59.80] [02:01.56]But I busted a chair right across his teeth [02:03.73]And we crashed through the wall and into the street [02:06.47]Kicking and a' gouging in the mud and the blood and the beer [02:09.17] [02:11.23]I tell ya' I've fought tougher men [02:13.48]But I really can't remember when' [02:15.03] [02:15.59]He kicked like a mule and he bit like a crocodile [02:18.62] [02:20.31]I heard him laugh and then I heard him cuss' [02:22.48] [02:23.18]He went for his gun and I pulled mine first' [02:25.23]He stood there lookin' at me and I saw him smile [02:28.65]And he said: "Son' this world is rough [02:32.37]And if a man's gonna make it' he's gotta be tough [02:34.75]And I know I wouldn't be there to help ya along [02:37.65] [02:39.21]So I give ya that name and I said good-bye [02:41.83]I knew you'd have to get tough or die [02:43.95]And it's that name that helped to make you strong " [02:46.99] [02:49.92]He said: 'Now you just fought one hell of a fight [02:52.54]And I know you hate me' and you got the right [02:54.91]To kill me now' and I wouldn't blame you if you do [02:57.76] [02:59.51]But ya ought to thank me' before I die' [03:01.98]For the gravel in ya guts and the spit in ya eye [03:03.93] [03:04.55]Cause I'm the son-of-a-b**ch that named you 'Sue' ' [03:07.01] [03:12.44]I got all choked up and I threw down my gun [03:14.62]And I called him my pa' and he called me his son' [03:17.47]And Ie away with a different point of view [03:19.75] [03:21.75]And I think about him' now and then' [03:24.22]Every time I try and every time I win' [03:26.48] [03:27.23]And if I ever have a son' I think I'm gonna name him [03:31.22] [03:31.84]Bill or George Anything but sue I still hate that name