A Boy Named Sue (Live)-Johnny Cash

[00:00.000] 作词 : Sheldon Silverstein [00:01.000] 作曲 : Sheldon Silverstein [00:08.61]Well, my daddy left home when I was three [00:10.70]And he didn't leave much to ma and me [00:13.14]Just this ole guitar and an empty bottle of booze. [00:16.09] [00:17.80]Now I don't blame him 'cause he run and hid [00:19.96]But the meanest thing that he ever did [00:22.19]Was before he left he went and named me Sue. [00:26.00] [00:27.58]Well, he musta thought that it was quite a joke [00:30.58]An' it got a lot of laughs from lots a folks [00:32.43]Seems I had to fight my whole life through. [00:36.40] [00:37.73]Some gal would giggle and I'd get red [00:39.82]And some guy'd laugh and I'd bust his head [00:42.56]I'll tell ya, life ain't easy for a boy named Sue. [00:45.46] [00:49.45]Well, I grew up quick and I grew up mean [00:51.80]My fist got hard and my wits got keen [00:54.21]I roamed from town to town to hide my shame. [00:58.88] [00:59.25]But I made me a vow to the moon and stars [01:01.23]I'd search the honky-tonks and bars [01:03.62]And kill that man that gave me that awful name. [01:06.87] [01:08.35]Well, it was Gatlinburg in mid-July [01:09.98]And I'd just hit town and my throat was dry [01:13.21]I thought I'd stop and have myself a brew. [01:16.60] [01:17.71]In an old saloon on a street of mud [01:20.01]There at a table dealin' stud [01:22.29]Sat the dirty, mangy dog that named me Sue. [01:25.31] [01:26.98]Well I knew that snake was my own sweet dad [01:29.44]From a worn out picture that my mother had [01:31.76]And I knew that scar on his cheek and his evil eye. [01:35.78] [01:36.40]He was big and bent and grey and old [01:38.68]And I looked at him and my blood ran cold, and I said [01:41.65]"My name is Sue! How do you do? Now you gonna die!" [01:48.08]Yeah! That's what I told him. [01:50.89] [01:52.68]Well, I hit him hard right between the eyes [01:55.03]And he went down but to my surprise [01:57.86]Came up with a knife an' cut off a piece o' my ear. [02:01.04] [02:02.18]I busted a chair right across his teeth [02:04.34]And we crashed through the wall and into the street [02:06.75]Kickin' and a gougin' in the mud and the blood and the beer. [02:09.68] [02:11.72]I tell ya, I've fought tougher men [02:13.65]But I really can't remember when [02:16.25]He kicked like a mule and he bit like a crocodile. [02:19.83] [02:20.94]Well, I heard him laugh and then I heard him cuss [02:23.17]He went for his gun but I pulled mine first [02:25.98]He stood there lookin' at me and I saw him smile. [02:30.11] [02:30.60]And he said, "Son, this world is rough [02:32.94]And if a man's gonna make it he's gotta be tough [02:35.64]And I know I wouldn't be there to help you along. [02:38.29] [02:39.82]So I gave you that name and I said goodbye [02:42.40]I knew you'd have to get tough or die [02:44.83]And it's that name that helped to make you strong." [02:49.20]Yeah! He said, "Now you just fought one hell of a fight [02:53.12]And I know you hate me and ya got the right [02:55.61]To kill me now and I wouldn't blame you if you do. [03:00.14]But you oughta thank me before I die [03:02.48]For the gravel in your gut and the spit in the eye [03:05.03]'Cause I'm the son-of-a-***** that named you Sue." [03:08.80]Yeah, what could I do? What COULD I do? [03:12.49]I got all choked up and threw down my gun [03:15.60]Called him my pa and he called me his son [03:17.83]And I came away with a different point of view. [03:22.45]And I think about him now and then [03:24.68]Every time I try and every time I win [03:27.65]And if I ever have a son, I think I'm gonna name him [03:32.53]Bill or George, anything but Sue! I still hate that name!