A Boy Named Sue (Live)-Johnny Cash

[ti:A Boy Named Sue(live版)] [ar:Johnny Cash] [al:The Essential Johnny Cash] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]A Boy Named Sue (Live) - Johnny Cash (约翰尼·卡什) [00:07.56]My daddy left home when I was three [00:09.43]And he didn't leave much to ma and me [00:12.22]Just this old guitar and an empty bottle of booze [00:15.27] [00:17.13]Now' I don't blame him cause he run and hid [00:19.20]But the meanest thing that he ever did [00:21.80]Was before he left' he went and named me "Sue " [00:24.97] [00:27.58]Well' he must o' thought that is quite a joke [00:29.82]And it got a lot of laughs from a' lots of folk' [00:32.67]It seems I had to fight my whole life through [00:35.93] [00:37.00]Some gal would giggle and I'd get red [00:39.42]I tell ya life ain't easy for a boy named "Sue " [00:44.80] [00:48.80]Well' I grew up quick and I grew up mean' [00:51.13]My fist got hard and my wits got keen' [00:53.54]I'd roam from town to town to hide my shame [00:57.28] [00:58.20]But I made a vow to the moon and stars [01:00.61]That I'd search the honky-tonks and bars [01:03.28]And kill that man who gave me that awful name [01:05.56] [01:07.47]Well' it was Gatlinburg in mid-July [01:09.81]And I just hit town and my throat was dry' [01:12.71]I thought I'd stop and have myself a brew [01:15.58] [01:17.03]At an old saloon on a street of mud' [01:19.60]There at a table' dealing stud' [01:21.85]Sat the dirty' mangy dog that named me "Sue " [01:24.56] [01:26.29]Well' I knew that snake was my own sweet dad [01:28.54]From a worn out picture that my mother'd had' [01:30.89]And I knew that scar on his cheek and his evil eye [01:33.99] [01:35.68]He was big and bent and gray and old' [01:37.91]And I looked at him and my blood ran cold [01:40.35]And I said: "My name is 'Sue ' How do you do [01:44.34] [01:45.30]Now your gonna die " [01:46.69] [01:51.98]Well' I hit him hard right between the eyes [01:54.10]And he went down' but to my surprise' [01:57.01]He come up with a knife [01:58.18]And cut off a piece of my ear [02:00.50] [02:01.47]But I busted a chair right across his teeth [02:03.71]And we crashed through the wall [02:05.33]And into the street [02:06.40]Kicking and a' gouging in the mud [02:07.90]And the blood and the beer [02:09.85] [02:11.06]I tell ya' I've fought tougher men [02:12.79] [02:13.38]But I really can't remember when' [02:15.56]He kicked like a mule and he bit like a crocodile [02:18.70] [02:20.29]I heard him laugh and then I heard him cuss' [02:22.91]He went for his gun and I pulled mine first' [02:25.28]He stood there lookin' at me and I saw him smile [02:28.30]And he said: "Son' this world is rough [02:31.75] [02:32.32]And if a man's gonna make it' he's gotta be tough [02:34.17] [02:34.77]And I knew I wouldn't be there to help ya along [02:38.45] [02:39.20]So I give ya that name and I said goodbye [02:41.16] [02:41.73]I knew you'd have to get tough or die [02:44.13]And it's the name that helped to make you strong " [02:47.01] [02:49.90]He said: "Now you just fought one hell of a fight [02:52.20]And I know you hate me' and you got the right [02:54.40]To kill me now' and I wouldn't blame you if you do [02:57.62] [02:59.40]But ya ought to thank me' before I die' [03:01.69]For the gravel in ya guts and the spit in ya eye [03:04.21]Cause I'm the son-of-a-b**ch that named you "Sue '" [03:07.36] [03:12.30]I got all choked up and I threw down my gun [03:14.71]And I called him my pa' [03:15.65]And he called me his son' [03:17.05]And I came away with a different point of view [03:20.13] [03:21.81]And I think about him' now and then' [03:23.92]Every time I try and every time I win' [03:26.59] [03:27.20]And if I ever have a son' [03:29.51]I think I'm gonna name him