《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)

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

[00:00:17] 我爸爸在我三岁的时候离开了我

[00:00:17] And he didn't leave much to Ma and me

[00:00:19] 他什么也没留给妈妈和我

[00:00:19] Just this old guitar and an empty bottle of booze

[00:00:23] 就一把破吉他和一空酒瓶

[00:00:23] Now I don't blame him cause he run and hid

[00:00:25] 我不怪他就这么离开了我们

[00:00:25] But the meanest thing that he ever did

[00:00:27] 可他做了件最缺德的事儿

[00:00:27] Was before he left he went and named me 'Sue '

[00:00:31] 就走之前他给我取了个名字叫苏

[00:00:31] Well he must o' thought that is was quite a joke

[00:00:33] 他以为这是个玩笑吧

[00:00:33] And it got a lot of laughs from a' lots of folk

[00:00:36] 所以听到的人都笑我

[00:00:36] It seems I had to fight my whole life through

[00:00:40] 为这事我一生没少跟人打架

[00:00:40] Some gal would giggle and I'd get red

[00:00:42] 有些人偷笑我都会发怒

[00:00:42] And some guy'd laugh and I'd bust his head

[00:00:44] 要是他们大笑我就会去打爆他们的头

[00:00:44] 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

[00:00:50] 我还是活出来了，长大了

[00:00:50] My fist got hard and my wits got keen

[00:00:52] 打架打得一身铜头铁骨

[00:00:52] I'd roam from town to town to hide my shame

[00:00:57] 不过我还是没自信，所以我四处游荡

[00:00:57] But I made me a vow to the moon and stars

[00:00:59] 不过我对我妈和星空都起了誓

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

[00:01:01] 就算找遍天下

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

[00:01:05] 我也要找到那个该死的家伙，杀了他

[00:01:05] Well it was Gatlinburg in mid-July

[00:01:07] 七月中旬的一天在盖丁堡

[00:01:07] And I just hit town and my throat was dry

[00:01:10] 我刚回到家，还渴着呢

[00:01:10] I thought I'd stop and have myself a brew

[00:01:14] 我准备到哪儿喝一杯

[00:01:14] At an old saloon on a street of mud

[00:01:16] 结果在一个破街头的破酒吧

[00:01:16] There at a table dealing stud

[00:01:18] 在有人玩牌破桌子旁

[00:01:18] Sat the dirty mangy dog that named me 'Sue '

[00:01:22] 坐着那个老不死的给我取名叫苏的脏狗

[00:01:22] Well I knew that snake was my own sweet dad

[00:01:25] 我知道那就是我亲爱的爸爸

[00:01:25] From a worn-out picture that my mother'd had

[00:01:27] 我看到过他一张收藏在妈妈那里的老旧照片

[00:01:27] And I knew that scar on his cheek and his evil eye

[00:01:31] 我认出了他脸上的刀疤，还有那邪恶的眼神

[00:01:31] He was big and bent and gray and old

[00:01:33] 他又老又驼又残

[00:01:33] And I looked at him and my blood ran cold

[00:01:35] 我看着他，感觉血液都凉了下来

[00:01:35] And I said: "My name is 'Sue ' how do you do Now you gonna die "

[00:01:46] 然后我说：我名字叫苏，你好！现在是你的死期！

[00:01:46] Well I hit him hard right between the eyes

[00:01:48] 我一拳打在他鼻梁骨上

[00:01:48] And he went down but to my surprise

[00:01:50] 他被打得弯下腰去了，不过出乎我意料的是

[00:01:50] Hee up with a knife and cut off a piece of my ear

[00:01:54] 他拿出一把刀来，割了我半边耳朵

[00:01:54] But I busted a chair right across his teeth

[00:01:56] 然后我丢出一把椅子砸他头上

[00:01:56] And we crashed through the wall and into the street

[00:01:59] 然后我们扭打着撞破了墙撞倒街上去了

[00:01:59] Kicking and a' gouging in the mud and the blood and the beer

[00:02:03] 在血和啤酒中打得不可开交

[00:02:03] I tell ya I've fought tougher men

[00:02:05] 我告诉你，比这狠的架我打了多了

[00:02:05] But I really can't remember when

[00:02:08] 我都记不清

[00:02:08] He kicked like a mule and he bit like a crocodile

[00:02:12] 他像驴一样踢我，像鳄鱼一样咬我

[00:02:12] I heard him laugh and then I heard him cuss

[00:02:14] 突然我听到他边骂边笑了

[00:02:14] He went for his gun and I pulled mine first

[00:02:16] 他拿出他的枪，但我先拿出我的

[00:02:16] He stood there lookin' at me and I saw him smile

[00:02:19] 他站那儿看着我，我看到他笑了起来

[00:02:19] And he said: "Son this world is rough

[00:02:21] 然后他说，儿子，生活可不容易

[00:02:21] And if a man's gonna make it he's gotta be tough

[00:02:24] 一个男人想要混得开，他得要强悍

[00:02:24] And I know I wouldn't be there to help ya along

[00:02:28] 我知道我不能在那儿陪你长大

[00:02:28] So I give ya that name and I said good-bye

[00:02:30] 所以我给你取了那个名字然后就说再见了

[00:02:30] I knew you'd have to get tough or die

[00:02:33] 我知道，你要么强悍地长大，要么被欺而负死

[00:02:33] And it's that name that helped to make you strong "

[00:02:36] 这个名字会让你更强大

[00:02:36] He said: 'Now you just fought one hell of a fight

[00:02:39] 他说，你刚打了一场狠架

[00:02:39] And I know you hate me and you got the right

[00:02:41] 我知道你肯定恨我

[00:02:41] To kill me now and I wouldn't blame you if you do

[00:02:46] 如果你现在是杀了我，我也不怨你

[00:02:46] But ya ought to thank me before I die

[00:02:48] 不过在我死之前，你得感谢我

[00:02:48] For the gravel in ya guts and the spit in ya eye

[00:02:50] 就为了你的勇气和眼睛里那股狠劲

[00:02:50] Cause I'm the son-of-a-b**ch that named you 'Sue' '

[00:02:54] 因为我就是那个给你取了苏这个名字的混蛋

[00:02:54] What could i do

[00:02:56] 我能怎么做呢

[00:02:56] I got all choked up and I threw down my gun

[00:02:59] 我无话可说，扔掉了我的枪

[00:02:59] And I called him my pa and he called me his son

[00:03:01] 我叫他爸爸，他叫我儿子

[00:03:01] And Ie away with a different point of view

[00:03:05] 然后我突然明白过来

[00:03:05] And I think about him now and then

[00:03:07] 我经常想起他

[00:03:07] Every time I try and every time I win

[00:03:10] 在每次我获胜的时候

[00:03:10] And if I ever have a boy I think I'm gonna name him

[00:03:13] 如果我有一天有一个儿子的话，我会给他取名

[00:03:13] Johnny Cash

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