Boy Named Sue-Country Crusaders

[ti:Boy Named Sue] [ar:Country Crusaders] [al:60s Country Collection] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Boy Named Sue - Country Crusaders [00:05.10]Well my daddy left home when I was three [00:07.53]And he didn't leave much to ma and me [00:10.23]Just this old guitar and an empty bottle of booze [00:12.86] [00:14.69]Now I don't blame him 'cause he run and hid [00:16.96]But the meanest thing that he ever did [00:19.46]Was before he left he went and named me Sue [00:22.57] [00:25.52]Well he must o' thought that is quite a joke [00:28.01]And it got a lot of laughs from a' lots of folk [00:30.50]It seems I had to fight my whole life through [00:33.04] [00:35.00]Some gal would giggle and I'd get red [00:37.64]And some guy'd laugh and I'd bust his head [00:39.86]I tell ya life ain't easy for a boy named Sue [00:43.25] [00:47.19]Well I grew up quick and I grew up mean [00:49.63]My fist got hard and my wits got keen [00:52.33]I'd roam from town to town to hide my shame [00:54.98] [00:56.76]But I made me a vow to the moon and stars [00:59.22]That I'd search the honky tonks and bars [01:01.51]And kill that man who gave me that awful name [01:04.40] [01:06.26]Well it was Gatlinburg in mid July [01:08.33]And I just hit town and my throat was dry [01:11.38]I thought I'd stop and have myself a brew [01:14.12] [01:16.03]At an old saloon on a street of mud [01:18.64]There at a table dealing stud [01:20.94]Sat the dirty mangy dog that named me Sue [01:23.88] [01:25.64]Well I knew that snake was my own sweet dad [01:28.19]From a worn out picture that my mother had [01:30.60]And I knew that scar on his cheek and his evil eye [01:33.72] [01:35.15]He was big and bent and gray and old [01:37.90]And I looked at him and my blood ran cold [01:40.21]And I said "My name is Sue How do you do [01:43.53] [01:44.66]Now you're gonna die" [01:46.00] [01:52.09]Well I hit him hard right between the eyes [01:54.43]And he went down but to my surprise [01:56.91]He come up with a knife and cut off a piece of my ear [02:00.00] [02:01.70]But I busted a chair right across his teeth [02:03.65]And we crashed through the wall and into the street [02:06.74]Kicking and a' gouging in the mud and the blood and the beer [02:09.61] [02:11.31]I tell ya I've fought tougher men [02:13.67]But I really can't remember when [02:15.61] [02:16.14]He kicked like a mule and he bit like a crocodile [02:18.66]I heard him laugh and then I heard him curse [02:23.66]He went for his gun and I pulled mine first [02:26.08]He stood there lookin' at me and I saw him smile [02:28.82] [02:29.50]And he said "Son this world is rough [02:32.84]And if a man's gonna make it he's gotta be tough [02:35.67]And I knew I wouldn't be there to help you along [02:38.01] [02:39.90]So I give you that name and I said goodbye [02:42.69]I knew you'd have to get tough or die [02:44.93]And it's the name that helped to make you strong" [02:47.67] [02:49.58]He said "Now you just fought one hell of a fight [02:53.48]And I know you hate me and you got the right [02:56.18]To kill me now and I wouldn't blame you if you do [02:58.68] [03:00.57]But you ought to thank me before I die [03:03.04]For the gravel in ya guts and the spit in ya eye [03:05.65]'Cause I'm the son-of-a-b**ch that named you Sue [03:08.32] [03:09.00]What could I do Yeah what could I do [03:11.49]I got all choked up and I threw down my gun [03:13.99]And I called him my pa and he called me his son [03:16.48]And I came away with a different point of view [03:18.92] [03:21.03]And I think about him now and then [03:23.55]Every time I try and every time I win [03:25.97]And if I ever have a son I think I'm gonna name him [03:29.80] [03:30.87]Bill or George anything but Sue I still hate that name