《A Boy Named Sue(Live)》歌词

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

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[00:00:07] My daddy left home when I was three

[00:00:09] 我爸爸在我三岁的时候离开了我

[00:00:09] And he didn't leave much to ma and me

[00:00:12] 他什么也没留给妈妈和我

[00:00:12] Just this old guitar and an empty bottle of booze

[00:00:17] 就一把破吉他和一空酒瓶

[00:00:17] Now' I don't blame him cause he run and hid

[00:00:19] 我不怪他就这么离开了我们

[00:00:19] But the meanest thing that he ever did

[00:00:21] 可他走之前做了件最缺德的事儿

[00:00:21] Was before he left' he went and named me "Sue "

[00:00:27] 他给我取了个名字叫苏

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

[00:00:29] 他以为这是个玩笑吧

[00:00:29] And it got a lot of laughs from a' lots of folk'

[00:00:32] 所以听到的人都笑我

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

[00:00:37] 为这事我一生没少跟人打架

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

[00:00:39] 有些人偷笑我都会发怒

[00:00:39] I tell ya life ain't easy for a boy named "Sue "

[00:00:48] 我告诉你，对于一个叫苏的男孩来说，生活太不容易了

[00:00:48] Well' I grew up quick and I grew up mean'

[00:00:51] 不过，告诉你，我还是活出来了，长大了

[00:00:51] My fist got hard and my wits got keen'

[00:00:53] 打架打得一身铜头铁骨

[00:00:53] I'd roam from town to town to hide my shame

[00:00:58] 不过我还是没自信，所以我四处游荡

[00:00:58] But I made a vow to the moon and stars

[00:01:00] 不过我对我妈和星空都起了誓

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

[00:01:03] 就算找遍天下我也要找到那个该死的家伙

[00:01:03] And kill that man who gave me that awful name

[00:01:07] 杀了他

[00:01:07] Well' it was Gatlinburg in mid-July

[00:01:09] 七月中旬的一天在盖丁堡

[00:01:09] And I just hit town and my throat was dry'

[00:01:12] 我刚回到家，还渴着呢

[00:01:12] I thought I'd stop and have myself a brew

[00:01:17] 我准备到哪儿喝一杯

[00:01:17] At an old saloon on a street of mud'

[00:01:19] 结果在破街头的破酒吧

[00:01:19] There at a table' dealing stud'

[00:01:21] 在那破桌子上玩牌的

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

[00:01:26] 坐着那个老不死的给我取名叫苏的脏狗

[00:01:26] Well' I knew that snake was my own sweet dad

[00:01:28] 我知道那就是我亲爱的爸爸

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

[00:01:30] 我看到过他一张老旧照片

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

[00:01:35] 我认出了他脸上的刀疤，还有那邪恶的眼神

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

[00:01:37] 他又老又驼又残

[00:01:37] And I looked at him and my blood ran cold

[00:01:40] 我看着他，感觉血液都凉了下来

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

[00:01:45] 然后我说:我名字叫苏，你好！现在我要杀了你

[00:01:45] Now your gonna die "

[00:01:51] 现在是你的死期

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

[00:01:54] 我一拳打在他鼻梁骨上

[00:01:54] And he went down' but to my surprise'

[00:01:57] 他被打得弯下腰去了，不过出乎我意料的是

[00:01:57] He come up with a knife

[00:01:58] 他拿出一把刀来

[00:01:58] And cut off a piece of my ear

[00:02:01] 割了我半边耳朵

[00:02:01] But I busted a chair right across his teeth

[00:02:03] 然后我一把椅子砸他头上

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

[00:02:05] 然后我们扭打着撞破了墙撞倒

[00:02:05] And into the street

[00:02:06] 街上去了

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

[00:02:07] 我们打得不可开交

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

[00:02:11] 在血和啤酒中

[00:02:11] I tell ya' I've fought tougher men

[00:02:13] 老头，我告诉你，比这狠的架我打了多了

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

[00:02:15] 我都记不清何时

[00:02:15] He kicked like a mule and he bit like a crocodile

[00:02:20] 他像驴一样踢我，像鳄鱼一样咬我

[00:02:20] I heard him laugh and then I heard him cuss'

[00:02:22] 突然我听到他边骂边笑了

[00:02:22] He went for his gun and I pulled mine first'

[00:02:25] 他拿出他的枪我也拿了我的

[00:02:25] He stood there lookin' at me and I saw him smile

[00:02:28] 他站那儿看着我，我看到他笑了起来

[00:02:28] And he said: "Son' this world is rough

[00:02:32] 然后他说，儿子，生活可不容易

[00:02:32] And if a man's gonna make it' he's gotta be tough

[00:02:34] 一个男人想要混得开，他得要强悍

[00:02:34] And I knew I wouldn't be there to help ya along

[00:02:39] 我知道我不能在那儿陪你长大

[00:02:39] So I give ya that name and I said goodbye

[00:02:41] 所以我给你取了那个名字然后就说再见了

[00:02:41] I knew you'd have to get tough or die

[00:02:44] 我知道，你要么强悍得长大，要么被欺负死

[00:02:44] And it's the name that helped to make you strong "

[00:02:49] 这个名字会让你更强大

[00:02:49] He said: "Now you just fought one hell of a fight

[00:02:52] 他说，你刚打了一场狠架

[00:02:52] And I know you hate me' and you got the right

[00:02:54] 我知道你肯定恨我

[00:02:54] To kill me now' and I wouldn't blame you if you do

[00:02:59] 你现在就是杀了我，我也不怨你

[00:02:59] But ya ought to thank me' before I die'

[00:03:01] 不过在我死之前，你得感谢我

[00:03:01] For the gravel in ya guts and the spit in ya eye

[00:03:04] 就为了你的勇气和眼力那股狠劲

[00:03:04] Cause I'm the son-of-a-b**ch that named you "Sue '"

[00:03:12] 因为我就是那个给你取了苏这个名字的混蛋

[00:03:12] I got all choked up and I threw down my gun

[00:03:14] 我无话可说，扔掉了我的枪

[00:03:14] And I called him my pa'

[00:03:15] 我叫他爸爸

[00:03:15] And he called me his son'

[00:03:17] 他叫我儿子

[00:03:17] And I came away with a different point of view

[00:03:21] 然后我突然明白过来

[00:03:21] And I think about him' now and then'

[00:03:23] 我经常想起他

[00:03:23] Every time I try and every time I win'

[00:03:27] 每次打架我都会赢

[00:03:27] And if I ever have a son'

[00:03:29] 如果我有一天有一个儿子的话

[00:03:29] I think I'm gonna name him

[00:03:34] 我会给他取名