《A Boy Named Sue》歌词

[00:00:20] My daddy left home when I was three

[00:00:22] And he didn't leave much to ma and me

[00:00:23] Just this old guitar and an empty bottle of booze

[00:00:29] Now' I don't blame him cause he run and hid

[00:00:31] But the meanest thing that he ever did

[00:00:33] Was before he left' he went and named me "Sue "

[00:00:39] Well' he must o' thought that is quite a joke

[00:00:42] And it got a lot of laughs from a' lots of folk'

[00:00:44] It seems I had to fight my whole life through

[00:00:49] Some gal would giggle and I'd get red

[00:00:51] I tell ya' life ain't easy for a boy named "Sue "

[00:01:00] Well' I grew up quick and I grew up mean'

[00:01:03] My fist got hard and my wits got keen'

[00:01:05] I'd roam from town to town to hide my shame

[00:01:10] But I made a vow to the moon and stars

[00:01:12] That I'd search the honky-tonks and bars

[00:01:15] And kill that man who gave me that awful name

[00:01:19] Well' it was Gatlinburg in mid-July

[00:01:21] And I just hit town and my throat was dry'

[00:01:24] I thought I'd stop and have myself a brew

[00:01:29] At an old saloon on a street of mud'

[00:01:31] There at a table' dealing stud'

[00:01:33] Sat the dirty' mangy dog that named me "Sue "

[00:01:38] Well' I knew that snake was my own sweet dad

[00:01:41] From a worn-out picture that my mother'd had'

[00:01:43] And I knew that scar on his cheek and his evil eye

[00:01:47] He was big and bent and gray and old'

[00:01:50] And I looked at him and my blood ran cold

[00:01:52] And I said: "My name is 'Sue ' How do you do

[00:01:57] Now your gonna die "

[00:02:02] Well' I hit him hard right between the eyes

[00:02:06] And he went down' but to my surprise'

[00:02:09] He come up with a knife and cut off a piece of my ear

[00:02:13] But I busted a chair right across his teeth

[00:02:16] And we crashed through the wall and into the street

[00:02:18] Kicking and a' gouging in the mud and the blood and the beer

[00:02:23] I tell ya' I've fought tougher men

[00:02:25] But I really can't remember when'

[00:02:27] He kicked like a mule and he bit like a crocodile

[00:02:32] I heard him laugh and then I heard him cuss'

[00:02:35] He went for his gun and I pulled mine first'

[00:02:37] He stood there lookin' at me and I saw him smile

[00:02:41] And he said: "Son' this world is rough

[00:02:44] And if a man's gonna make it' he's gotta be tough

[00:02:47] And I knew I wouldn't be there to help ya along

[00:02:51] So I give ya that name and I said goodbye

[00:02:54] I knew you'd have to get tough or die

[00:02:56] And it's the name that helped to make you strong "

[00:03:02] He said: "Now you just fought one hell of a fight

[00:03:04] And I know you hate me' and you got the right

[00:03:07] To kill me now' and I wouldn't blame you if you do

[00:03:11] But ya ought to thank me' before I die'

[00:03:14] For the gravel in ya guts and the spit in ya eye

[00:03:16] Cause I'm the son-of-a-b**ch that named you "Sue '"

[00:03:25] I got all choked up and I threw down my gun

[00:03:27] And I called him my pa' and he called me his son'

[00:03:29] And I came away with a different point of view

[00:03:34] And I think about him' now and then'

[00:03:36] Every time I try and every time I win'

[00:03:39] And if I ever have a son' I think I'm gonna name him