Boy Named Sue (A) [In the Style of Johnny Cash (Karaoke Version Teaching Vocal)]-Musical Creations Studio Musicians (Karaoke)

[ti:Boy Named Sue (A) (In the Style of Johnny Cash (Karaoke Version Teaching Vocal))] [ar:Musical Creations Studio Musicians (Karaoke)] [al:Karaoke - Boy Named Sue (A)] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Boy Named Sue (A) [In the Style of Johnny Cash (Karaoke Version Teaching Vocal)] - Musical Creations Studio Musicians (Karaoke) [00:04.95]Well my daddy left home when i was three [00:07.29]And he didn't leave much to ma and me [00:09.51] [00:10.02]Just this old guitar and an empty bottle of booze [00:12.64] [00:14.60]Now i don't blame him cause he run and hid [00:16.81]But the meanest thing that he ever did [00:18.79] [00:19.52]Was before he left he went and named me sue [00:22.45] [00:25.46]Well he must o thought that is quite a joke [00:27.55]And it got a lot of laughs from a lots of folk [00:29.83] [00:30.38]It seems i had to fight my whole life through [00:33.32] [00:34.86]Some gal would giggle and i'd get red [00:36.96] [00:37.48]And some guy'd laugh and i'd bust his head [00:39.60]I tell ya life ain't easy for a boy named sue [00:42.90] [00:47.10]Well i grew up quick and i grew up mean [00:49.53]My fist got hard and my wits got keen [00:52.21]I'd roam from town to town to hide my shame [00:55.00] [00:56.56]But i made me a vow to the moon and stars [00:58.91]That i'd search the honky tonks and bars [01:01.47]And kill that man who gave me that awful name [01:03.96] [01:06.13]Well it was gatlinburg in mid july [01:08.41]And i just hit town and my throat was dry [01:11.34]I thought i'd stop and have myself a brew [01:14.13] [01:15.90]At an old saloon on a street of mud [01:17.84] [01:18.40]There at a table dealing stud [01:20.90]Sat the dirty mangy dog that named me sue [01:23.88] [01:25.55]Well i knew that snake was my own sweet dad [01:27.77]From a worn out picture that my mother had [01:29.92] [01:30.43]And i knew that scar on his cheek and his evil eye [01:33.41] [01:35.04]He was big and bent and gray and old [01:37.39]And i looked at him and my blood ran cold [01:39.98]And i said my name is sue how do you do [01:43.40] [01:44.57]Now you're gonna die [01:45.66] [01:47.83]Yeah that's right i told [01:48.87] [01:51.89]Well i hit him hard right between the eyes [01:54.50]And he went down but to my surprise [01:56.37] [01:56.94]He come up with a knife and cut off a piece of my ear [01:59.61] [02:01.60]But i busted a chair right across his teeth [02:03.72]And we crashed through the wall and into the street [02:06.03] [02:06.63]Kicking and a gouging in the mud and the blood and the beer [02:09.28] [02:11.16]I tell ya i've fought tougher men [02:13.47]But i really can't remember when [02:15.36] [02:16.04]He kicked like a mule and he bit like a crocodile [02:18.64] [02:20.69]I heard him laugh and then i heard him curse [02:23.32]He went for his gun and i pulled mine first [02:25.78]He stood there lookin at me and i saw him smile [02:28.54] [02:29.32]And he said son this world is rough [02:32.13] [02:32.76]And if a man's gonna make it he's gotta be tough [02:34.87] [02:35.59]And i knew i wouldn't be there to help you along [02:37.94] [02:39.79]So i give you that name and i said goodbye [02:41.96] [02:42.64]I knew you'd have to get tough or die [02:44.54] [02:45.17]And it's the name that helped to make you strong [02:47.55] [02:49.45]Yeah [02:49.64] [02:50.70]He said now you just fought one hell of a fight [02:53.18]And i know you hate me and you got the right [02:55.80]To kill me now and i wouldn't blame you if you do [02:58.50] [03:00.40]But you ought to thank me before i die [03:02.21] [03:02.89]For the gravel in ya guts and the spit in ya eye [03:05.45]Cause i'm the son of a b**ch that named you sue [03:08.49]Yeah [03:08.92]What could i do what could i do [03:11.47]I got all choked up and i threw down my gun [03:13.33] [03:13.86]And i called him my pa and he called me his son [03:16.34]And i came away with a different point of view [03:18.77] [03:20.90]And i think about him now and then [03:22.84] [03:23.42]Every time i try and every time i win [03:25.95]And if i ever have a son i think i'm gonna name him [03:29.43] [03:30.71]Bill or george any damn thing but sue