《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 ole guitar and an empty bottle of booze

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

[00:00:26] But the meanest thing that he ever did

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

[00:00:33] He musta thought that it was quite a joke

[00:00:35] And it got a lot of laughs from lots a folks

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

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

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

[00:00:47] I'll 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 roamed 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] I'd search the honky-tonks and bars

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

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

[00:01:12] And I'd 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 dealin' stud

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

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

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

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

[00:01:42] My name is Sue

[00:01:44] How do you do

[00:01:47] Now you 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] Came up with a knife an' cut off a piece of my ear

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

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

[00:02:05] Kickin' and a-gougin' in the mud 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

[00:02:14] He kicked like a mule and he bit like a crocodile

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

[00:02:21] He went for his gun but 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 he's gotta be tough

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

[00:02:35] So I gave 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 that name that helped to make you strong

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

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

[00:02:49] To kill me now and I wouldn't blame you if you do

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

[00:02:56] For the gravel in your guts and the spit in the 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 threw down my gun

[00:03:08] Called him my Pa and he called me his son

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

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

[00:03:16] Every time I try and every time I win

[00:03:19] And if I ever have a boy I'm gonna name him

[00:03:22] Bill or George any-damn-thing but Sue

[00:03:26] Hate that name