《A Boy Named Sue》歌词

[00:00:00] A Boy Named Sue (一个叫苏的男孩) - Johnny Cash (约翰尼·卡什)

[00:00:15] Well my daddy left home when I was three

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

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

[00:00:24] Now I don't blame him 'cause he run and hid

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

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

[00:00:33] 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

[00:00:54] 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 me a vow to the moon and stars

[00:01:03] 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

[00:01:12] 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

[00:01:28] Well I knew that snake was my own sweet dad

[00:01:30] From a worn out picture that my mother had

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

[00:01:37] He was big and bent and gray and old

[00:01:39] And I looked at him and my blood ran cold

[00:01:41] And I said "My name is Sue How do you do

[00:01:47] Now you're gonna die"

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

[00:01:54] 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

[00:02:04] And into the street

[00:02:05] Kicking and a' gouging in the mud

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

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

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

[00:02:13] He kicked like a mule

[00:02:15] And he bit like a crocodile

[00:02:19] I heard him laugh and then I heard him curse

[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

[00:02:27] And he said "Son this world is rough

[00:02:29] And if a man's gonna make it

[00:02:30] He's gotta be tough

[00:02:31] And I knew I wouldn't be there to help you along

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

[00:02:38] I knew you'd have to get tough or die

[00:02:40] And it's the name that

[00:02:41] Helped to make you strong"

[00:02:45] He said "Now you just fought one hell of a fight

[00:02:47] And I know you hate me and you got the right

[00:02:49] To kill me now

[00:02:50] And I wouldn't blame you if you do

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

[00:02:56] For the gravel in ya guts and the spit in ya eye

[00:02:58] 'Cause I'm the son-of-a-b**ch that named you Sue

[00:03:03] What could I do

[00:03:05] I got all choked up and I threw down my gun

[00:03:07] And I called him my pa and he called me his son

[00:03:10] And I came away with a different point of view

[00:03:14] And I think about him now and then

[00:03:17] Every time I try and every time I win

[00:03:19] And if I ever have a boy

[00:03:20] I'm name him

[00:03:22] Bill George or anything but Sue

[00:03:25] I still hate that name