《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) (Live) - 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] 我爸爸在我三岁的时候离开了我

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

[00:00:09] 他什么也没留给妈妈和我

[00:00:09] Just this old guitar and an empty bottle of booze

[00:00:14] 就一把破吉他和一空酒瓶

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

[00:00:16] 我不怪他就这么离开了我们

[00:00:16] But the meanest thing that he ever did

[00:00:19] 可他走之前做了件最讨厌的事儿

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

[00:00:24] 他给我取了个名字叫苏

[00:00:24] Well he must o' thought that is quite a joke

[00:00:27] 他以为这是个玩笑吧

[00:00:27] And it got a lot of laughs from a' lots of folk

[00:00:29] 所以听到的人都笑我

[00:00:29] It seems I had to fight my whole life through

[00:00:34] 为这事我一生没少跟人打架

[00:00:34] Some gal would giggle and I'd get red

[00:00:36] 有些人偷笑 我都会发怒

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

[00:00:39] 要是他们大笑我就会去打爆他们的头

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

[00:00:46] 我告诉你 对于一个叫苏的男孩来说 生活太不容易了

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

[00:00:48] 不过 告诉你 我还是活出来了 长大了

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

[00:00:50] 打架打得一身铜头铁骨

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

[00:00:55] 不过我还是没自信 所以我四处游荡

[00:00:55] But I made a vow to the moon and stars

[00:00:58] 不过我对我妈和星空都起了誓

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

[00:01:00] 就算找遍天下

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

[00:01:04] 我也要找到那个该死的家伙 杀了他

[00:01:04] 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

[00:01:09] 我刚回到家 喉咙冒着烟

[00:01:09] 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] 结果以破街头的破酒吧

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

[00:01:19] 那破桌子上在玩牌的

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

[00:01:23] 坐着那个老不死的给我取名叫苏的脏狗

[00:01:23] Well I knew that snake was my own sweet dad

[00:01:26] 我知道那就是我亲爱的爸爸

[00:01:26] From a worn-out picture that my mothered had

[00:01:28] 我看到过他一张老旧照片

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

[00:01:32] 我认出了他脸上的刀疤 还有那邪恶的眼神

[00:01:32] He was big and bent and gray and old

[00:01:35] 他又老又驼又残

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

[00:01:37] 我看着他 感觉血液都凉了下来

[00:01:37] And I said my name is Sue how do you do

[00:01:42] 然后我说 我名字叫苏 你好吗 现在我要杀了你

[00:01:42] Now your gonna die

[00:01:49] 现在你去死吧

[00:01:49] Well I hit him hard right between the eyes

[00:01:51] 我一拳打在他鼻梁骨上

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

[00:01:54] 他被打得弯下腰去了 不过出乎我意料的是

[00:01:54] He come up with a knife and cut off a piece of my ear

[00:01:58] 他拿出一把刀来 割了我半边耳朵

[00:01:58] But I busted a chair right across his teeth

[00:02:00] 然后我一把椅子砸他头上

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

[00:02:03] 然后我们扭打着撞破了墙撞倒街上去了

[00:02:03] Kicking and a' gouging in the mud and the blood and the beer

[00:02:08] 在血和啤酒中打得不可开交

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

[00:02:10] 老头 我告诉你 比这狠的架我打了多了

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

[00:02:12] 我都记不清

[00:02:12] He kicked like a mule and he bit like a crocodile

[00:02:17] 他像驴一样踢我 像鳄鱼一样咬我

[00:02:17] I heard him laugh and then I heard him cuss

[00:02:20] 突然我听到他边骂边笑了

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

[00:02:22] 他拿出他的枪我也拿了我的

[00:02:22] He stood there lookin' at me and I saw him smile

[00:02:25] 他站那儿看着我 我看到他笑了起来

[00:02:25] And he said Son this world is rough

[00:02:29] 然后他说 儿子 生活可不容易

[00:02:29] And if a man's gonna make it he's gotta be tough

[00:02:31] 一个男人想要混得开 他得要强悍

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

[00:02:36] 我知道我不能在那儿陪你长大

[00:02:36] So I give ya that name and I said goodbye

[00:02:38] 所以我给你取了那个名字然后就说再见了

[00:02:38] I knew you'd have to get tough or die

[00:02:41] 我知道 你要么强悍得长大 要么被欺负死

[00:02:41] And it's the name that helped to make you strong

[00:02:46] 这个名字会让你更强大

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

[00:02:49] 他说 你刚打了一场狠架

[00:02:49] And I know you hate me and you got the right

[00:02:51] 我知道你肯定恨我

[00:02:51] To kill me now and I wouldn't blame you if you do

[00:02:56] 现在就是杀了我 我也不怨你

[00:02:56] But ya ought to thank me before I die

[00:02:58] 不过在我死之前 你得感谢我

[00:02:58] For the gravel in ya guts and the spit in ya eye

[00:03:01] 就为了你的勇气和眼睛里那股狠劲

[00:03:01] Cause I'm the son-of-a-b**ch that named you Sue

[00:03:09] 因为我就是那个给你取了苏这个名字的混蛋

[00:03:09] I got all choked up and I threw down my gun

[00:03:11] 我无话可说 扔掉了我的枪

[00:03:11] And I called him my pa and he called me his son

[00:03:14] 我叫他爸爸 他叫我儿子

[00:03:14] And I came away with a different point of view

[00:03:18] 然后我突然明白过来

[00:03:18] And I think about him now and then

[00:03:21] 我经常想起他

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

[00:03:23] 每次我赢得时候

[00:03:23] And if I ever have a son I think I'm gonna name him

[00:03:28] 如果我有一天有一个儿子的话 我会给他取名

[00:03:28] Bill or George anything but Sue I still hate that name

[00:03:33] 比尔或者乔治 绝对不会是苏 我还是讨厌那个名字