《A Boy Named Sue(Live at Channel DR-TV， Copenhagen， Denmark - September 1971)》歌词

[00:00:00] A Boy Named Sue (Live) - Johnny Cash

[00:00:13] Well my daddy left home when I was three

[00:00:15] And he didn't leave much to ma and me

[00:00:17] Just this ole guitar and an empty bottle of booze

[00:00:21] Now I don't blame him 'cause he run and hid

[00:00:23] But the meanest thing that he ever did

[00:00:26] Was before he left he went and named me sue

[00:00:30] Well he musta thought that it was quite a joke

[00:00:32] And it got a lot of laughs from lots a folks

[00:00:34] Seems I had to fight my whole life through

[00:00:38] Some gal would giggle and I'd get red

[00:00:40] And some guy'd laugh and I'd bust his head

[00:00:43] I'll tell ya life ain't easy for a boy named sue

[00:00:47] Well I grew up quick and I grew up mean

[00:00:49] My fist got hard and my wits got keen

[00:00:52] I roamed from town to town to hide my shame

[00:00:56] But I made me a vow to the moon and stars

[00:00:58] I'd search the honky tonks and bars

[00:01:01] Kill that man that give me that awful name

[00:01:04] Well it was gatlinburg in mid July

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

[00:01:09] I thought I'd stop and have myself a brew

[00:01:13] At an old saloon on a street of mud

[00:01:16] There at a table dealin' stud

[00:01:18] Sat the dirty mangey dog that named me sue

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

[00:01:24] From a worn out picture that my mother had

[00:01:26] And I knew that scar on his cheek and his evil eye

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

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

[00:01:36] My name is sue how do you do now you gonna die

[00:01:47] But I hit him hard right between the eyes

[00:01:49] You are down but to my surprise

[00:01:51] Came up with a knife an' cut off a piece of my ear

[00:01:55] I busted a chair right across his teeth

[00:01:57] And we crashed through the wall and into the street

[00:02:00] Kickin' and a gougin' in the mud and the blood and the beer

[00:02:04] I tell ya I've fought tougher men

[00:02:06] But I really can't remember when

[00:02:09] He kicked like a mule and he bit like a crocodile

[00:02:13] Well I heard him laugh and then I heard him cuss

[00:02:15] He went for his gun but I pulled mine first

[00:02:18] He stood there lookin' at me and I saw him smile

[00:02:21] And he said son this world is rough

[00:02:23] And if a man's gonna make it he's gotta be tough

[00:02:25] And I know I wouldn't be there to help you along

[00:02:29] So I gave you that name and I said goodbye

[00:02:31] I knew you'd have to get tough or die

[00:02:34] And it's that name that helped to make you strong

[00:02:37] Yeah he said now you just fought one hell of a fight

[00:02:40] And I know you hate me got the right

[00:02:42] To kill me now and I wouldn't blame you if you do

[00:02:46] But you oughta thank me before I die

[00:02:49] For the gravel in your guts and the spit in the eye

[00:02:51] 'Cause I'm the son of a bitch that named you sue

[00:02:54] What could I do

[00:02:57] What I got all choked up and threw down my gun

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

[00:03:02] And I come away with a different point of view

[00:03:06] And I think about him now and then

[00:03:08] Every time I try and every time I win

[00:03:11] And if I ever have a son I think I'm gonna name him