《A Boy Named Sue(Live)》歌词

[00:00:00] A Boy Named Sue (Live) - Johnny Cash (约翰尼·卡什)

[00:00:01] Written by：Johnny Cash

[00:00:16] My daddy left home when I was three

[00:00:18] And he didn't leave very much to ma and me

[00:00:20] Just this old guitar and an empty bottle of booze

[00:00:25] Now I don't blame him cause he run and hid

[00:00:27] But the meanest thing that my daddy ever did

[00:00:29] Was before he left he went and named me Sue

[00:00:34] Well he must o' thought that is quite a joke

[00:00:36] And it got a lot of laughs from a' lots of folk

[00:00:38] It seems I had to fight my whole life through

[00:00:42] Some gal would giggle and I'd get red

[00:00:45] And some guy'd laugh and I'd bust his head

[00:00:47] I tell ya life ain't easy for a boy named Sue

[00:00:51] Well I grew up quick and I grew up mean

[00:00:53] My fist got hard and my wits got keen

[00:00:56] I'd roam from town to town to hide my shame

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

[00:01:02] That I'd search the honky-tonks and bars

[00:01:05] And kill that man who gave me that awful name

[00:01:09] Well it was Gatlinburg in mid-July

[00:01:11] And I just hit town and my throat was dry

[00:01:14] I thought I'd stop and have myself a brew

[00:01:18] At an old saloon on a street of mud

[00:01:21] There at a table dealing stud

[00:01:23] Sat the dirty mangy dog that named me Sue

[00:01:27] Well I knew that snake was my own sweet dad

[00:01:29] From a worn out picture that my mother'd had

[00:01:32] And I knew that scar on his cheek and his evil eye

[00:01:36] He was big and bent and gray and old

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

[00:01:41] And I said my name is Sue how do you do

[00:01:46] Now you're going to die

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

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

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

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

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

[00:02:13] He kicked like a mule and he bit like a crocodile

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

[00:02:20] He went for his gun and I pulled mine first

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

[00:02:26] And he said son this world is rough

[00:02:28] And if a man's gonna make it he's gotta be tough

[00:02:30] And I knew I wouldn't be there to help ya along

[00:02:35] So I give ya that name and I said goodbye

[00:02:37] I knew you'd have to get tough or die

[00:02:39] And it's the name that helped to make you strong

[00:02:44] He said now you just fought one hell of a fight

[00:02:46] And I know you hate me and you got the right

[00:02:48] To kill me now and I wouldn't blame you if you do

[00:02:53] But ya ought to thank me before I die

[00:02:55] For the gravel in ya guts and the spit in ya eye

[00:02:57] Because I'm the son of a b**th that named you Sue

[00:03:04] I got all choked up and I threw down my gun

[00:03:06] And I called him my pa and he called me his son

[00:03:09] And I came away with a different point of view

[00:03:13] And I think about him now and then

[00:03:15] Every time I try and every time I win

[00:03:18] And if I ever have a boy I think I'm gonna name him

[00:03:20] Bill or George or Frank anything but Sue

[00:03:24] I still hate that name