Boy Is Named Sue-Mike Berry

[ti:Boy Is Named Sue] [ar:Mike Berry] [al:Doing Johnny Cash Songs] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Boy Is Named Sue - Mike Berry [00:06.37]Well my daddy left home when I was three [00:08.69]And he didn't leave much to ma and me [00:11.15]Just this guitar and an empty bottle of booze [00:14.11] [00:15.72]Now I don't blame him [00:16.93]'Cause he run and hid [00:18.37]But the meanest thing that he ever did [00:20.46]Was before he left [00:21.69]He went and named me "Sue " [00:23.62] [00:26.31]Well he must o' thought that is quite a joke [00:28.56]And it got a lot of laughs from a' lots of folk [00:31.24]It seems I had to fight my whole life through [00:34.41] [00:35.71]Some gal would giggle and I'd get red [00:38.05]And some guy'd laugh and I'd bust his head [00:40.49]I tell ya [00:41.49]Life ain't easy for a boy named "Sue " [00:43.54] [00:47.47]Well I grew up quick and I grew up mean [00:49.97]My fist got hard and my wits got keen [00:52.27]Roam from town to town [00:53.84]To hide my shame [00:55.07] [00:56.73]But I made me a vow [00:57.93]To the moon and stars [00:59.17]That I'd see the honky-tonks and bars [01:01.67]And kill that man [01:02.75]Who gave me that awful name [01:04.31] [01:06.11]Well it was Gatlinburg in mid-July [01:08.38]I thought I hit town [01:09.78]My throat was dry [01:11.05]Thought I'd stop and have myself a brew [01:13.78] [01:15.47]At an old saloon on a street of mud [01:17.61]There at a table dealing stud [01:19.99]Sat the dirty mangy dog call me "Sue " [01:22.99] [01:24.74]Well I knew that snake was my own sweet dad [01:26.92]From a worn-out picture that my mother'd had [01:29.34]And I knew that scar on his cheek [01:31.11]And his evil eye [01:32.18] [01:33.97]He was big and bent and gray and old [01:36.22]And I looked at him and my blood ran cold [01:38.55]And I said [01:39.22] [01:39.86]My name is Sue [01:41.27]How do you do [01:42.43] [01:43.58]You're gonna die [01:44.84] [01:50.29]Well I hit him hard right between the eyes [01:52.52]And he went down [01:53.84]But to my surprise [01:54.93]He come up with a knife [01:56.58]And cut off a piece of my ear [01:58.16] [01:59.68]But I busted a chair right across his teeth [02:01.98]And we crashed through the wall [02:03.31]And into the street [02:04.56]Kicking and a' gouging in the mud [02:06.06]And the blood and the beer [02:07.24] [02:09.20]I tell ya I've fought tougher men [02:11.26]But I really can't remember when [02:13.22] [02:13.92]Kicked like a mule [02:14.86]And he bit like a crocodile [02:16.65] [02:18.53]I heard him laugh [02:19.39]And then I heard him cuss [02:20.82]He went for his gun and I pulled mine first [02:23.22]He stood there lookin' at me [02:24.64]And I saw him smile [02:26.36]He said Son [02:27.28] [02:29.00]This world is rough [02:30.05]And if a man's gonna make it [02:31.57]He's gotta be tough [02:32.59]And I knew I wouldn't be there [02:34.41]To help ya along [02:35.47] [02:37.23]So I give ya that name and I said goodbye [02:39.66]I knew you'd have to get tough or die [02:42.19]And it's the name that helped [02:43.66]To make you strong [02:44.84] [02:45.82]Yeah he said now [02:47.89]You just on fought one hell of a fight [02:50.12]And I know you hate me [02:51.41]And you got the right [02:52.65]To kill me now [02:53.64]And I wouldn't blame you if you do [02:56.08] [02:57.31]But ya ought to thank me before I die [02:59.53]For the gravel in ya guts [03:00.84]And the spit in ya eye [03:02.19]'Cause I'm the [03:03.89]That named you "Sue " [03:04.92] [03:05.83]What can I do [03:07.00] [03:08.96]I got all choked up [03:10.03]And I threw down my gun [03:11.41]And I called him my pa [03:12.48]And he called me son [03:13.60]And I came away [03:14.76]With a different point of view [03:16.93] [03:18.40]And I think about him now and then [03:20.65]Every time I try [03:21.75]Every time I win [03:23.25]If I ever have a son [03:24.58] [03:25.92]I think I'm gonna call him [03:28.15]Bill or George Anything but Sue