《A Boy Named Sue》歌词

[00:00:00] A Boy Named Sue - Flatt & Scruggs

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

[00:00:10] And he didn't leave much for 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 because 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 have thought it was quite a joke

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

[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] Some guy would laugh and I'd bust his head

[00:00:42] I tell you 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

[00:00:51] I roamed from town to town to hide my shame

[00:00:56] Well I made my vows to the moon and stars

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

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

[00:01:06] Well it was Gatlinsburg in mid July

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

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

[00:01:15] At an old saloon on a street of mud

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

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

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

[00:01:28] From a wornout 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 yeah that's what I told him

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

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

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

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

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

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

[00:02:05] Kickin' and a gougin' in the mud

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

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

[00:02:12] But I really can't remember when

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

[00:02:16] And bit like a crocodile

[00:02:21] I heard him laug and I heard him cuss

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

[00:02:26] He stood there looking at me 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 he's gotta be tough

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

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

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

[00:02:45] And it's that name that helped to make you strong

[00:02:51] He said you fought one heck of a fight

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

[00:02:55] To kill me now I wouldn't blame you if you do

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

[00:03:04] For the gravel in your guts

[00:03:05] And the spit in your eye

[00:03:06] For I'm the son of a bitch that named you Sue

[00:03:10] Lester what the hell that you say

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

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

[00:03:23] Called him a Pa and he called me son

[00:03:25] And I come 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 I think I'll name him

[00:03:39] Well I ain't gonna name him Sue

[00:03:42] I'm gonna call him Johnny Cash