《A Boy Named Sue》歌词

[00:00:00] A Boy Named Sue - Lester Flatt

[00:00:08] Well my daddy left home when I was three

[00:00:10] And he didn't leave much to ma and me

[00:00:13] Just this old guitar and an empty bottle of booze

[00:00:18] Now I don't blame him 'cause he run and hid

[00:00:20] But the meanest thing that he ever did

[00:00:22] Was before he left he went and named me Sue

[00:00:27] Well he must o' thought that is quite a joke

[00:00:30] And it got a lot of laughs from a' lots of folk

[00:00:32] It seems I had to fight my whole life through

[00:00:37] Some gal would giggle and I'd get red

[00:00:39] And some guy'd laugh and I'd bust his head

[00:00:42] 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 me 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

[00:01:18] There at a table dealing stud

[00:01:21] Sat the dirty mangy dog that named me Sue

[00:01:25] Well I knew that snake was my own sweet dad

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

[00:01:30] And I knew that scar on his cheek and his evil eye

[00:01:35] He was big and bent and gray and old

[00:01:38] And I looked at him and my blood ran cold

[00:01:40] And I said "My name is Sue How do you do

[00:01:45] Now you're gonna die"

[00:01:47] Yeah that's i was telling

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

[00:01:53] And he went down but to my surprise

[00:01:56] He come up with a knife

[00:01:57] And cut off a piece of my ear

[00:02:00] But I busted a chair right across his teeth

[00:02:03] And we crashed through the wall

[00:02:05] And into the street

[00:02:06] Kicking and a' gouging in the mud

[00:02:07] And the blood and the beer

[00:02:10] I tell ya I've fought tougher men

[00:02:13] But I really can't remember when

[00:02:15] He kicked like a mule

[00:02:17] And he bit like a crocodile

[00:02:21] I heard him laugh

[00:02:22] And then I heard him curse

[00:02:24] He went for his gun and I pulled mine first

[00:02:26] He stood there lookin' at me

[00:02:28] And I saw him smile

[00:02:31] And he said "Son this world is rough

[00:02:33] And if a man's gonna make it

[00:02:35] He's gotta be tough

[00:02:36] And I knew I wouldn't be there to help you along

[00:02:41] So I give you that name and I said goodbye

[00:02:43] I knew you'd have to get tough or die

[00:02:46] And it's the name that helped to make you strong"

[00:02:51] He said "Now you just fought one hell of a fight

[00:02:53] And I know you hate me and you got the right

[00:02:56] To kill me now and I wouldn't blame you if you do

[00:03:02] But you ought to thank me before I die

[00:03:04] For the gravel in ya guts and the spit in ya eye

[00:03:07] 'Cause I'm the son-of-a-bitch that named you Sue

[00:03:16] Yeah what could I do

[00:03:21] I got all choked up and I threw down my gun

[00:03:23] And I called him my pa

[00:03:25] And he called me his son

[00:03:26] And I came away with a different point of view

[00:03:30] And I think about him now and then

[00:03:33] Every time I try and every time I win

[00:03:35] And if I ever have a son

[00:03:37] I think I'm gonna name him

[00:03:39] Well I'm gonna name sun

[00:03:42] I'm gonna calling

[00:03:44] John or George