《A Boy Named Sue》歌词

[00:00:05] My daddy left home when I was three

[00:00:08] And he didn't leave much to ma and me

[00:00:10] Just this old guitar and an empty bottle of booze.

[00:00:15] Now' I don't blame him cause he run and hid

[00:00:17] But the meanest thing that he ever did

[00:00:19] Was before he left' he went and named me "Sue."

[00:00:25] Well' he must o' thought that is quite a joke

[00:00:27] And it got a lot of laughs from a' lots of folk'

[00:00:30] It seems I had to fight my whole life through.

[00:00:35] Some gal would giggle and I'd get red

[00:00:40] I tell ya' life ain't easy for a boy named "Sue."

[00:00:47] Well' I grew up quick and I grew up mean'

[00:00:49] My fist got hard and my wits got keen'

[00:00:52] I'd roam from town to town to hide my shame.

[00:00:56] But I made a vow to the moon and stars

[00:00:59] That I'd search the honky-tonks and bars

[00:01:01] And kill that man who gave me that awful name.

[00:01:06] Well' it was Gatlinburg in mid-July

[00:01:08] And I just hit town and my throat was dry'

[00:01:11] I thought I'd stop and have myself a brew.

[00:01:16] At an old saloon on a street of mud'

[00:01:17] There at a table' dealing stud'

[00:01:20] Sat the dirty' mangy dog that named me "Sue."

[00:01:26] Well' I knew that snake was my own sweet dad

[00:01:28] From a worn-out picture that my mother'd had'

[00:01:29] And I knew that scar on his cheek and his evil eye.

[00:01:34] He was big and bent and gray and old'

[00:01:36] And I looked at him and my blood ran cold

[00:01:39] And I said: "My name is 'Sue!' How do you do!

[00:01:43] Now your gonna die!!"

[00:01:51] Well' I hit him hard right between the eyes

[00:01:52] And he went down' but to my surprise'

[00:01:55] He come up with a knife and cut off a piece of my ear.

[00:01:59] But I busted a chair right across his teeth

[00:02:02] And we crashed through the wall and into the street

[00:02:04] Kicking and a' gouging in the mud and the blood and the beer.

[00:02:09] I tell ya' I've fought tougher men

[00:02:11] But I really can't remember when'

[00:02:14] He kicked like a mule and he bit like a crocodile.

[00:02:18] I heard him laugh and then I heard him cuss'

[00:02:21] He went for his gun and I pulled mine first'

[00:02:23] He stood there lookin' at me and I saw him smile.

[00:02:30] And he said: "Son' this world is rough

[00:02:32] And if a man's gonna make it' he's gotta be tough

[00:02:34] And I knew I wouldn't be there to help ya along.

[00:02:37] So I give ya that name and I said goodbye

[00:02:40] I knew you'd have to get tough or die

[00:02:42] And it's the name that helped to make you strong."

[00:02:47] He said: "Now you just fought one hell of a fight

[00:02:50] And I know you hate me' and you got the right

[00:02:53] To kill me now' and I wouldn't blame you if you do.

[00:02:57] But ya ought to thank me' before I die'

[00:03:00] For the gravel in ya guts and the spit in ya eye

[00:03:02] Cause I'm the son-of-a-b**ch that named you "Sue.'"

[00:03:12] I got all choked up and I threw down my gun

[00:03:13] And I called him my pa' and he called me his son'

[00:03:16] And I came away with a different point of view.

[00:03:20] And I think about him' now and then'

[00:03:23] Every time I try and every time I win'

[00:03:25] And if I ever have a son' I think I'm gonna name him