A Boy Named Sue (In the Style of Johnny Cash) (Karaoke Lead Vocal Version)-The Karaoke Channel

[ti:A Boy Named Sue (In the Style of Johnny Cash) (Karaoke Lead Vocal Version)] [ar:The Karaoke Channel] [al:The Karaoke Channel - Songs That Were Recorded Live] [by:] [offset:0] [00:02.00]A Boy Named Sue (In the Style of Johnny Cash) (Karaoke Lead Vocal Version) - The Karaoke Channel (卡拉OK频道) [00:05.43] [00:06.89]My daddy left home when I was three [00:06.94]And he didn't leave much to ma and me [00:09.49]Just this old guitar and an empty bottle of booze [00:11.90] [00:14.05]Now I don't blame him cause he run and hid [00:16.73]But the meanest thing that he ever did [00:18.67]Was before he left he went and named me "Sue " [00:23.74] [00:24.54]Well he must o' thought that is quite a joke [00:27.27]And it got a lot of laughs from a' lots of folk [00:29.69]It seems I had to fight my whole life through [00:31.74] [00:33.86]Some gal would giggle and I'd get red [00:36.05]And some guy'd laugh and I'd bust his head [00:38.58]I tell ya life ain't easy for a boy named "Sue " [00:43.61] [00:45.55]Well I grew up quick and I grew up mean [00:47.90]My fist got hard and my wits got keen [00:50.44]I'd roam from town to town to hide my shame [00:52.77] [00:55.07]But I made a vow to the moon and stars [00:57.43]That I'd search the honky-tonks and bars [00:59.66]And kill that man who gave me that awful name [01:04.09]Well it was Gatlinburg in mid-July [01:05.59]And I just hit town and my throat was dry [01:09.14]I thought I'd stop and have myself a brew [01:13.62]At an old saloon on a street of mud [01:16.05]There at a table dealing stud [01:18.31]Sat the dirty mangy dog that named me "Sue " [01:23.02]Well I knew that snake was my own sweet dad [01:25.68]From a worn-out picture that my mother'd had [01:27.86]And I knew that scar on his cheek and his evil eye [01:32.27]He was big and bent and gray and old [01:34.39]And I looked at him and my blood ran cold [01:37.05]And I said: "My name is 'Sue ' How do you do [01:40.93] [01:42.16]Now your gonna die " [01:45.31] [01:48.69]Well I hit him hard right between the eyes [01:50.96]And he went down but to my surprise [01:53.52]He come up with a knife and cut off a piece of my ear [01:58.44]But I busted a chair right across his teeth [02:00.77]And we crashed through the wall and into the street [02:02.99]Kicking and a' gouging in the mud and the blood and the beer [02:06.57] [02:07.63]I tell ya I've fought tougher men [02:09.65]But I really can't remember when [02:11.03]He kicked like a mule and he bit like a crocodile [02:14.92] [02:16.77]I heard him laugh and then I heard him cuss [02:19.49]He went for his gun and I pulled mine first [02:21.82]He stood there lookin' at me and I saw him smile [02:24.21]And he said: "Son this world is rough [02:28.02]And if a man's gonna make it he's gotta be tough [02:30.59]And I knew I wouldn't be there to help ya along [02:35.35]So I give ya that name and I said goodbye [02:37.69]I knew you'd have to get tough or die [02:40.41]And it's the name that helped to make you strong " [02:43.95] [02:45.87]He said: "Now you just fought one hell of a fight [02:48.42]And I know you hate me and you got the right [02:50.76]To kill me now and I wouldn't blame you if you do [02:55.33]But ya ought to thank me before I die [02:57.72]For the gravel in ya guts and the spit in ya eye [03:00.71]Cause I'm the son-of-a-b**ch that named you "Sue '" [03:02.48] [03:07.03]I got all choked up and I threw down my gun [03:09.65]And I called him my pa and he called me his son [03:12.49]And I came away with a different point of view [03:17.81]And I think about him now and then [03:19.86]Every time I try and every time I win [03:21.85]And if I ever have a son I think I'm gonna name him [03:27.06]Bill or George Anything but Sue I still hate that name