A Boy Named Sue-Ray Merrill

[ti:A Boy Named Sue] [ar:Ray Merrill] [al:Great Country Songs, Vol. 5] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]A Boy Named Sue (一个叫苏的男孩) - Ray Merrill [00:05.70]Well my daddy left home when I was three [00:08.00]And he didn't leave much to ma and me [00:10.42]Just this ole guitar and an empty bottle of booze [00:13.45] [00:15.10]Now I don't blame him cause he run and hid [00:17.48]But the meanest thing that he ever did [00:19.71]Was before he left he went and named me Sue [00:22.81] [00:25.81]Well he musta thought that it was quite a joke [00:28.05]An it got a lot of laughs from lots a folks [00:30.57]Seems I had to fight my whole life through [00:33.76] [00:35.38]Some gal would giggle and I'd get red [00:37.66]Some guy'd laugh and I'd bust his head [00:40.07]I'll tell ya life ain't easy for a boy named Sue [00:43.08] [00:47.09]I grew up quick and I grew up mean [00:49.27]My fist got hard and my wits got keen [00:51.90]I roamed from town to town to hide my shame [00:55.06] [00:56.41]But I made me a vow to the moon and stars [00:58.72]I'd search the honky tonks and bars [01:01.11]And kill that man that gave me that awful name [01:04.04] [01:05.84]Well it was Gatlinburg in mid July [01:08.20]And I'd just hit town and my throat was dry [01:10.71]Thought I'd stop and have myself a brew [01:13.56] [01:15.08]In and old saloon on a street of mud [01:17.44]There at a table dealing stud [01:19.80]Sat the dirty mangy dog that named me Sue [01:23.01] [01:24.44]Well I knew that snake was my own sweet dad [01:26.84]From a worn out picture that my mother had [01:29.54]And I knew that scar on his cheek and his evil eye [01:32.36] [01:34.00]He was big and bent and grey and old [01:36.15]And I looked at him and my blood ran cold and I said [01:39.84]My name is Sue how do you do Now you gonna die [01:44.76] [01:45.93]Yeah that's what I told him [01:47.32] [01:50.14]Well I hit him hard right between the eyes [01:52.67]And he went down but to my surprise [01:55.37]Came up with a knife an cut off a piece o my ear [01:58.13] [01:59.89]I busted a chair right across his teeth [02:02.04]And we crashed through the wall and into the street [02:04.79]Kicking and a gouging in the the mud and the blood and the beer [02:07.58] [02:09.19]I tell you I've fought tougher men [02:11.32]But I really can't remember when [02:13.65] [02:14.21]He kicked like a mule and he bit like a crocodile [02:17.35] [02:18.65]I heard him laugh and then I heard him cuss [02:20.92]He went for his gun but I pulled mine first [02:23.43]He stood there looking at me and I saw him smile [02:26.48] [02:27.27]And he said Son this world is rough [02:30.46]And if a man's gonna make it he's gotta be tough [02:32.73]And I know I wouldn't be there to help you along [02:35.90] [02:38.79]So I gave you that name and I said goodbye [02:41.28]I knew you'd have to get tough or die [02:43.77]And it's that name that helped to make you strong yeah [02:47.55] [02:49.47]Now you just fought one hell of a fight [02:51.90]And I know you hate me and ya got the right [02:54.56]To kill me now and I wouldn't blame you if you do [02:57.44] [02:58.27]But you oughtta thank me before I die [03:00.14]For the gravel in your gut and the spit in your eye [03:02.65]Cause I'm the son of a b**ch that named you Sue [03:05.67] [03:06.77]Yeah what could I do [03:08.54] [03:09.65]I got choked up and threw down my gun [03:12.10]Called him my pa and he called me his so [03:14.58]And I come away with a different point of view [03:17.39] [03:18.25]I think about him now and then [03:20.14]Every time I try and every time I win [03:22.70]And if I ever have a son [03:24.35]I think I'm gonna name him [03:26.28]Bill or George any damn thing but Sue