《A Boy Named Sue(Live at San Quentin State Prison， San Quentin， CA - February 19)》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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[00:00:05] My daddy left home when I was three

[00:00:07] 我三岁的时候我爸爸离开了家

[00:00:07] And he didn't leave much to ma and me

[00:00:10] 没有给我和妈妈留下什么

[00:00:10] Just this old guitar and an empty bottle of booze

[00:00:14] 只有这把老吉他和一个空酒杯

[00:00:14] Now I don't blame him cause he ran and hid

[00:00:17] 现在，我不责备他跑掉不见

[00:00:17] But the meanest thing that he ever did

[00:00:19] 但是他做过的最卑鄙的事情是

[00:00:19] Was before he left he went and named me Sue

[00:00:27] 在他走之前他给我起名叫Sue

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

[00:00:29] 他一定认为这样很好笑

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

[00:00:31] 确实也得到了很多乡亲的嘲笑

[00:00:31] It seems I had to fight my whole life through

[00:00:32] 看上去我将要终生为之战斗了

[00:00:32] Some gal would giggle and I'd get red

[00:00:36] 一些伙计咯咯地笑直到我生气了

[00:00:36] And some guy'd laugh and I'd bust his head

[00:00:39] 一些伙计大笑直到我打坏了他们的头

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

[00:00:46] 我告诉你，生活对一个叫Sue的男孩来说是很艰难的

[00:00:46] Well I grew up quick and I grew up mean

[00:00:48] 我很快长大而且变得很刻薄

[00:00:48] My fist got hard and my wits got keen

[00:00:50] 我的拳头变得很结实，我的智慧很敏锐

[00:00:50] I'd roam from town to town to hide my shame

[00:00:53] 我不得不到处流浪去掩盖我的耻辱

[00:00:53] But I made a vow to the moon and stars

[00:00:58] 但是我对星星和月亮发过誓言

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

[00:01:01] 我一定会找遍所有便宜的餐厅和酒吧

[00:01:01] And k**l that man who gave me that awful name

[00:01:05] 并且杀死给我起名的那个人

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

[00:01:07] 七月中旬，我到达了盖特林堡镇

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

[00:01:09] 刚到这里,我感到口很渴

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

[00:01:14] 我想我要停下来去喝杯啤酒

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

[00:01:16] 在泥泞的街道上有一个古老的酒吧

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

[00:01:19] 在昏暗的角落里有个桌子上正玩着牌

[00:01:19] Sat the dirty mangy dog that named me Sue

[00:01:24] 那只给我这个烂名字的脏野狗也正坐在那里

[00:01:24] Well I knew that snake was my own sweet dad

[00:01:26] 我知道那个阴险的人是我自己的亲爸爸

[00:01:26] From a worn-out picture that my mother'd had

[00:01:28] 我从妈妈的一张破旧的老照片里认识的他

[00:01:28] And I knew that scar on his cheek and his evil eye

[00:01:33] 我认得他面颊上的伤疤和邪恶的眼神

[00:01:33] He was big and bent and gray and old

[00:01:35] 他很高大，驼背，头发白了，很老

[00:01:35] And I looked at him and my blood ran cold

[00:01:38] 看着他我的血液都冰冷了

[00:01:38] And I said: 'My name is Sue How do you do

[00:01:43] 我说，我叫Sue，你过得好吗

[00:01:43] Now you gonna die " That's what I told him

[00:01:48] 现在我要杀了你，这就是我告诉他的

[00:01:48] Well I hit him hard right between the eyes

[00:01:51] 我朝他两眼之间狠狠地打了过去

[00:01:51] And he went down but to my surprise

[00:01:55] 他倒下了，但是出乎我意料的是

[00:01:55] He come up with a knife and cut off a piece of my ear

[00:01:59] 他拿出一把刀子来，割掉了我的一只耳朵

[00:01:59] But I busted a chair right across his teeth

[00:02:01] 我又将一把椅子砸到他的牙齿上

[00:02:01] And we crashed through the wall and into the street

[00:02:04] 我们撞破了墙，纠缠到了街道上

[00:02:04] Kicking and a' gouging in the mud and the blood and the beer

[00:02:08] 在泥地上混着血液和啤酒纠缠着

[00:02:08] I tell ya I've fought tougher men

[00:02:10] 我跟你说，我打得很用力

[00:02:10] But I really can't remember when

[00:02:13] 但我却记不起

[00:02:13] He kicked like a mule and he bit like a crocodile

[00:02:18] 他什么时候开始像骡子一样踢我，像鳄鱼一样咬我

[00:02:18] I heard him laugh and then I heard him cuss

[00:02:20] 我听到他大笑着，诅咒着

[00:02:20] He went for his gun and I pulled mine first

[00:02:23] 他去拿他的枪,但是我先掏出了我的

[00:02:23] He stood there lookin' at me and I saw him smile

[00:02:26] 我看见他站在那里微笑着

[00:02:26] And he said: "Son this world is rough

[00:02:30] 他说，儿子，人生是艰苦的

[00:02:30] And if a man's gonna make it he's gotta be tough

[00:02:32] 如果想要成功，就要变得坚强

[00:02:32] And I knew I wouldn't be there to help ya along

[00:02:37] 我知道，我一直没在你身边帮你成长

[00:02:37] So I give ya that name and I said goodbye

[00:02:39] 所以我给你起了那个名字然后离开了

[00:02:39] I knew you'd have to get tough or die

[00:02:42] 我知道你必须变得坚强或者死去

[00:02:42] And it's the name that helped to make you strong "

[00:02:46] 正是这个名字让你变得强壮起来

[00:02:46] He said: "Now you just fought one hell of a fight

[00:02:50] 他说，现在你只抗争了一次

[00:02:50] And I know you hate me and you got the right

[00:02:52] 我知道你有权利恨我

[00:02:52] To k**l me now and I wouldn't blame you if you do

[00:02:57] 如果你现在杀了我，我不会责怪你的

[00:02:57] But ya ought to thank me before I die

[00:02:59] 但在我死之前，你应该谢谢我

[00:02:59] For the gravel in ya guts and the spit in ya eye

[00:03:02] 为了历练你的胆魄，和你眼神中的不屑

[00:03:02] Cause I'm the son of a b**ch that named you Sue "

[00:03:06] 因为我就是给你起名叫Sue的混蛋

[00:03:06] I got all choked up and I threw down my gun

[00:03:12] 我感到窒息，扔掉了我的枪

[00:03:12] And I called him my pa and he called me his son

[00:03:15] 我叫他爸爸，他也叫我儿子

[00:03:15] And I came away with a different point of view

[00:03:19] 我的想法改变了

[00:03:19] And I think about him now and then

[00:03:21] 我无时无刻不想念着他

[00:03:21] Every time I try and every time I win

[00:03:24] 在我每次努力获得成功之后

[00:03:24] And if I ever have a son I think I'm gonna name him

[00:03:30] 如果我有了一个儿子的话，我想我会叫他这个名字

[00:03:30] Bill or George Any damn thing but Sue I still hate that name

[00:03:35] 比尔或者乔治，除了Sue以外的任何名字，我依然憎恨这个名字