โหลดเพลง mp3 A Boy Named Sue (Live at The White House, Washington D.C., April 17, 1970) - Johnny Cash

A Boy Named Sue(Live at The White House, Washington D.C., A) - Johnny Cash
My daddy left home when I was three
And he didn't leave much to ma and me
Just this old guitar and an empty bottle of booze

Now I don't blame him cause he run and hid
But the meanest thing that my dady ever did
Was before he left he went and named me Sue

Well he must of thought that is quite a joke
And it got a lot of laughs from a lots of folk
It seems I had to fight my whole life through

Some gal would giggle and I'd get red
And some guy'd laugh and I'd bust his head
I tell ya life ain't easy for a boy named Sue

Well I grew up quick and I grew up mean
My fist got hard and my wits got keen
I'd roam from town to town to hide my shame

But I made a vow to the moon and stars
That I'd search the honky-tonks and bars

And kill that man who gave me that awful name

Well it was Gatlinburg in mid-July

And I just hit town and my throat was dry

I thought I'd stop and have myself a brew

At an old saloon on a street of mud
There at a table dealing stud
Sat the dirty mangy dog that named me Sue

Well I knew that snake was my own sweet dad
From a worn-out picture that my mother'd had
And I knew that scar on his cheek
And his evil eye

He was big and bent and gray and old
And I looked at him and my blood ran cold

And I said My name is Sue How do you do

Now your gonna die

Well I hit him hard right between the eyes
And he went down but to my surprise

He come up with a knife and cut off a
Piece of my ear

But I busted a chair right across his teeth
And we crashed through the wall and
into the street

Kicking and gouging in the mud and
the blood and the beer

I tell ya I've fought tougher men
But I really can't remember when

He kicked like a mule and he bit
like a crocodile

I heard him laugh and then I heard him cuss
He went for his gun and I pulled mine first
He stood there looking at me and
I saw him smile

And he said Son this world is rough
And if a man's gonna make it
he's gotta be tough
And I knew I wouldn't be there to help you along

So I give you that name and I said goodbye
I knew you'd have to get tough or die
And it's the name that helped to
make you strong

He said Now you just fought one
hell of a fight
And I know you hate me and you got the right
To kill me now and I wouldn't blame you if you do

But you ought to thank me before I die
For the gravel in you guts and the spit in you eye
Cause I'm the that named you Sue

I got all choked up and I threw down my gun
And I called him my pa and he called me his son
And I came away with a different point of view

And I think about him now and then
Every time I try and every time I win

And if I ever have a boy I guss
I'm gonna call him

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