A Boy Named Sue-Ameritz Tribute Club

[ti:A Boy Named Sue ] [ar:Ameritz Tribute Club] [al:Man in Black - A Tribute to Johnny Cash] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]A Boy Named Sue (一个叫苏的男孩) - Ameritz Tribute Club (Ameritz翻唱俱乐部) [00:05.64]Well my daddy left home when I was three [00:07.92]And he didn't leave much to ma and me [00:10.73]Just this old guitar and an empty bottle of booze [00:13.32] [00:15.26]Now I don't blame him 'cause he run and hid [00:17.50]But the meanest thing that he ever did [00:19.59] [00:20.19]Was before he left he went and named me Sue [00:23.11] [00:26.08]Well he must o' thought that is quite a joke [00:28.58]And it got a lot of laughs from a' lots of folk [00:31.22]It seems I had to fight my whole life through [00:33.98] [00:35.58]Some gal would giggle and I'd get red [00:38.16]And some guy'd laugh and I'd bust his head [00:40.65]I tell ya life ain't easy for a boy named Sue [00:43.54] [00:47.74]Well I grew up quick and I grew up mean [00:50.20]My fist got hard and my wits got keen [00:52.92]I'd roam from town to town to hide my shame [00:55.79] [00:57.31]But I made me a vow to the moon and stars [00:59.72]That I'd search the honky tonks and bars [01:02.26]And kill that man who gave me that awful name [01:04.89] [01:06.83]Well it was Gatlinburg in mid July [01:09.36]And I just hit town and my throat was dry [01:11.85]I thought I'd stop and have myself a brew [01:14.61] [01:16.56]At an old saloon on a street of mud [01:19.15]There at a table dealing stud [01:21.53]Sat the dirty mangy dog that named me Sue [01:24.42] [01:26.20]Well I knew that snake was my own sweet dad [01:28.74]From a worn out picture that my mother had [01:31.21]And I knew that scar on his cheek and his evil eye [01:34.17] [01:35.70]He was big and bent and gray and old [01:38.35]And I looked at him and my blood ran cold [01:40.70]And I said "My name is Sue How do you do [01:44.15] [01:45.24]Now you're gonna die" [01:46.45] [01:52.64]Well I hit him hard right between the eyes [01:54.76] [01:55.34]And he went down but to my surprise [01:57.55]He come up with a knife and cut off a piece of my ear [02:00.68] [02:02.17]But I busted a chair right across his teeth [02:04.44]And we crashed through the wall and into the street [02:07.27]Kicking and a' gouging in the mud and the blood and the beer [02:10.18] [02:11.80]I tell ya I've fought tougher men [02:14.07]But I really can't remember when [02:16.29]He kicked like a mule and he bit like a crocodile [02:19.47] [02:21.34]I heard him laugh and then I heard him curse [02:23.98]He went for his gun and I pulled mine first [02:26.39]He stood there lookin' at me and I saw him smile [02:29.18] [02:29.98]And he said "Son this world is rough [02:33.41]And if a man's gonna make it he's gotta be tough [02:36.11]And I knew I wouldn't be there to help you along [02:38.74] [02:40.40]So I give you that name and I said goodbye [02:43.13]I knew you'd have to get tough or die [02:45.14] [02:45.75]And it's the name that helped to make you strong" [02:48.40] [02:51.28]He said "Now you just fought one hell of a fight [02:53.96]And I know you hate me and you got the right [02:56.47]To kill me now and I wouldn't blame you if you do [02:59.24] [03:01.01]But you ought to thank me before I die [03:03.53]For the gravel in ya guts and the spit in ya eye [03:06.16]'Cause I'm the son-of-a-b**ch that named you Sue [03:08.77] [03:09.46]What could I do Yeah what could I do [03:12.13]I got all choked up and I threw down my gun [03:14.48]And I called him my pa and he called me his son [03:16.87]And I came away with a different point of view [03:19.37] [03:21.51]And I think about him now and then [03:23.97]Every time I try and every time I win [03:26.55]And if I ever have a son I think I'm gonna name him [03:29.98] [03:31.39]Bill or George anything but Sue I still hate that name