A Boy Named Sue-The Sheltons

[ti:A Boy Named Sue] [ar:The Sheltons] [al:Thank God I'm A Country Boy] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]A Boy Named Sue (一个叫苏的男孩) - The Sheltons [00:05.65]Well my daddy left home [00:06.79]When I was three [00:08.02]And he didn't leave much [00:08.99]To ma and me [00:10.67]Just this old guitar [00:11.56]And an empty bottle of booze [00:12.94] [00:15.17]Now I don't blame him [00:16.32]Cause he run and hid [00:17.49]But the meanest thing [00:18.60]That he ever did [00:20.14]Was before he left [00:21.16]He went and named me Sue [00:22.78] [00:26.02]Well he must o' thought [00:27.10]That is quite a joke [00:28.26]And it got a lot of laughs [00:29.80]From a' lots of folk [00:31.06]It seems I had to fight [00:32.39]My whole life through [00:33.51] [00:35.55]Some gal would giggle [00:36.56]And I'd get red [00:37.52] [00:38.16]And some guy'd laugh [00:38.90]And I'd bust his head [00:39.97]I tell ya life ain't easy for [00:42.25]A boy named Sue [00:43.34] [00:47.70]Well I grew up quick [00:48.77]And I grew up mean [00:50.07]My fist got hard [00:50.98]And my wits got keen [00:52.87]I'd roam from town to town [00:54.23]To hide my shame [00:55.16] [00:57.22]But I made me a vow [00:58.41]To the moon and stars [00:59.61]That I'd search the honky tonks [01:00.91]And bars [01:01.52] [01:02.33]And kill that man who gave me [01:04.00]That awful name [01:04.66] [01:06.76]Well it was Gatlinburg in mid July [01:09.27]And I just hit town [01:10.38]And my throat was dry [01:11.54] [01:12.11]I thought I'd stop [01:13.02]And have myself a brew [01:14.48] [01:16.53]At an old saloon on a street of mud [01:18.88]There at a table dealing stud [01:20.97] [01:21.54]Sat the dirty mangy dog [01:23.32]That named me Sue [01:24.28] [01:26.15]Well I knew that snake was [01:27.44]My own sweet dad [01:28.65]From a worn out picture [01:29.71]That my mother had [01:31.12]And I knew that scar on his cheek [01:32.95]And his evil eye [01:33.77] [01:35.63]He was big and bent [01:37.12]And gray and old [01:38.27]And I looked at him [01:39.31]And my blood ran cold [01:40.65]And I said "My name is Sue [01:42.90]How do you do [01:43.98] [01:45.18]Now you're gonna die" [01:46.02] [01:52.55]Well I hit him hard right [01:54.12]Between the eyes [01:55.27]And he went down [01:56.12]But to my surprise [01:57.14]He come up with a knife [01:58.37]And cut off a piece of my ear [02:00.10] [02:02.17]But I busted a chair right [02:03.65]Across his teeth [02:04.43]And we crashed through the wall [02:05.86]And into the street [02:06.69] [02:07.25]Kicking and a' gouging in the mud [02:08.57]And the blood and the beer [02:09.79] [02:11.77]I tell ya I've fought tougher men [02:14.04]But I really can't remember when [02:16.35]He kicked like a mule [02:17.80]And he bit like a crocodile [02:19.56] [02:21.30]I heard him laugh [02:22.30]And then I heard him curse [02:23.91]He went for his gun [02:24.92]And I pulled mine first [02:26.16]He stood there lookin' at me [02:27.71]And I saw him smile [02:28.78] [02:29.47]And he said "Son [02:30.40] [02:31.96]This world is rough [02:32.75] [02:33.36]And if a man's gonna make it [02:34.59]He's gotta be tough [02:35.38] [02:36.10]And I knew I wouldn't be there [02:37.58]To help you along [02:38.60] [02:40.34]So I give you that name [02:41.49]And I said goodbye [02:42.58] [02:43.20]I knew you'd have to [02:44.13]Get tough or die [02:45.76]And it's the name [02:46.54]That helped to make you strong" [02:47.89] [02:51.40]He said [02:51.87]Now you just fought [02:52.67]One hell of a fight [02:53.65]And I know you hate me [02:54.97]And you got the right [02:56.48]To kill me now [02:57.35]And I wouldn't blame you [02:58.44]If you do [02:59.08] [03:01.03]But you ought to thank me [03:02.19]Before I die [03:03.37]For the gravel in ya guts [03:04.51]And the spit in ya eye [03:06.12]'Cause I'm the son-of-a-bitch [03:07.08] [03:07.68]That named you Sue [03:08.73] [03:09.46]What could I do [03:10.56]Yeah what could I do [03:11.62]I got all choked up [03:12.68]And I threw down my gun [03:14.11]And I called him my pa [03:15.35]And he called me his son [03:16.97]And I came away with [03:17.95]A different point of view [03:19.00] [03:21.47]And I think about him [03:22.57]Now and then [03:23.48] [03:24.01]Every time I try and every time I win [03:26.09]And if I ever have a son [03:27.54] [03:28.67]Think I'm gonna name him [03:29.74] [03:31.27]Bill or George anything [03:32.84]But Sue I still hate that name