A Boy Named Sue (Live at The White House, Washington D.C., April 17, 1970)

A Boy Named Sue (Live at The White House, Washington D.C., April 17, 1970) 歌词

歌曲 A Boy Named Sue (Live at The White House, Washington D.C., April 17, 1970)
歌手 Johnny Cash
专辑 Bootleg 3: Live Around the World
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[00:09.857] My daddy left home when I was three
[00:11.877] And he didn't leave much to ma and me
[00:13.687] Just this old guitar and an empty bottle of booze.
[00:18.938] Now' I don't blame him cause he run and hid
[00:21.380] But the meanest thing that he ever did
[00:23.308] Was before he left' he went and named me "Sue."
[00:29.509] Well' he must o' thought that is quite a joke
[00:31.880] And it got a lot of laughs from a' lots of folk'
[00:34.500] It seems I had to fight my whole life through.
[00:38.890] Some gal would giggle and I'd get red
[00:41.330] I tell ya' life ain't easy for a boy named "Sue."
[00:50.790] Well' I grew up quick and I grew up mean'
[00:53.100] My fist got hard and my wits got keen'
[00:56.100] I'd roam from town to town to hide my shame.
[01:00.220] But I made a vow to the moon and stars
[01:02.530] That I'd search the honky-tonks and bars
[01:04.840] And kill that man who gave me that awful name.
[01:09.500] Well' it was Gatlinburg in mid-July
[01:10.840] And I just hit town and my throat was dry'
[01:14.660] I thought I'd stop and have myself a brew.
[01:19.300] At an old saloon on a street of mud'
[01:21.220] There at a table' dealing stud'
[01:23.780] Sat the dirty' mangy dog that named me "Sue."
[01:28.340] Well' I knew that snake was my own sweet dad
[01:30.840] From a worn-out picture that my mother'd had'
[01:33.300] And I knew that scar on his cheek and his evil eye.
[01:37.720] He was big and bent and gray and old'
[01:40.900] And I looked at him and my blood ran cold
[01:43.100] And I said: "My name is 'Sue!' How do you do!
[01:48.100] Now your gonna die!!"
[01:52.900] Well' I hit him hard right between the eyes
[01:56.590] And he went down' but to my surprise'
[01:59.339] He come up with a knife and cut off a piece of my ear.
[02:03.648] But I busted a chair right across his teeth
[02:05.898] And we crashed through the wall and into the street
[02:08.336] Kicking and a' gouging in the mud and the blood and the beer.
[02:13.217] I tell ya' I've fought tougher men
[02:15.870] But I really can't remember when'
[02:17.647] He kicked like a mule and he bit like a crocodile.
[02:22.988] I heard him laugh and then I heard him cuss'
[02:24.917] He went for his gun and I pulled mine first'
[02:27.597] He stood there lookin' at me and I saw him smile.
[02:31.670] And he said: "Son' this world is rough
[02:34.567] And if a man's gonna make it' he's gotta be tough
[02:36.947] And I knew I wouldn't be there to help ya along.
[02:41.397] So I give ya that name and I said goodbye
[02:43.957] I knew you'd have get to tough or die
[02:46.357] And it's the name that helped to make you strong."
[02:52.237] He said: "Now you just fought one hell of a fight
[02:54.737] And I know you hate me' and you got the right
[02:57.779] To kill me now' and I wouldn't blame you if you do.
[03:01.667] But ya ought to thank me' before I die'
[03:04.227] For the gravel in ya guts and the spit in ya eye
[03:06.727] Cause I'm the son-of-a-bitch that named you "Sue.'"
[03:11.588]
[03:14.807] I got all choked up and I threw down my gun
[03:17.317] And I called him my pa' and he called me his son'
[03:20.288] And I came away with a different point of view.
[03:24.879] And I think about him' now and then'
[03:27.388] Every time I try and every time I win'
[03:29.247] And if I ever have a son' I think I'm gonna name him
A Boy Named Sue (Live at The White House, Washington D.C., April 17, 1970) 歌词
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