A Boy Named Sue-Lester Flatt

[ti:A Boy Named Sue] [ar:Lester Flatt] [al:Final Fling] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]A Boy Named Sue (一个叫苏的男孩) - Lester Flatt [00:08.51]Well my daddy left home when I was three [00:10.93]And he didn't leave much to ma and me [00:13.32]Just this old guitar and an empty bottle of booze [00:17.21] [00:18.01]Now I don't blame him 'cause he run and hid [00:20.49]But the meanest thing that he ever did [00:22.89]Was before he left he went and named me Sue [00:26.63] [00:27.64]Well he must o' thought that is quite a joke [00:30.19]And it got a lot of laughs from a' lots of folk [00:32.78]It seems I had to fight my whole life through [00:36.60] [00:37.38]Some gal would giggle and I'd get red [00:39.93]And some guy'd laugh and I'd bust his head [00:42.44]I tell ya life ain't easy for a boy named Sue [00:45.89] [00:47.05]Well I grew up quick and I grew up mean [00:49.63]My fist got hard and my wits got keen [00:52.11]I'd roam from town to town to hide my shame [00:55.58] [00:56.70]But I made me a vow to the moon and stars [00:59.27]That I'd search the honky tonks and bars [01:01.75]And kill that man who gave me that awful name [01:04.72] [01:06.30]Well it was Gatlinburg in mid July [01:08.71]And I just hit town and my throat was dry [01:11.54]I thought I'd stop and have myself a brew [01:15.01] [01:16.09]At an old saloon on a street of mud [01:18.45]There at a table dealing stud [01:21.10]Sat the dirty mangy dog that named me Sue [01:24.98] [01:25.70]Well I knew that snake was my own sweet dad [01:28.22]From a worn out picture that my mother had [01:30.71]And I knew that scar on his cheek and his evil eye [01:35.52]He was big and bent and gray and old [01:38.21]And I looked at him and my blood ran cold [01:40.69]And I said "My name is Sue How do you do [01:44.54] [01:45.76]Now you're gonna die" [01:47.57]Yeah that's i was telling [01:49.77] [01:51.24]Well I hit him hard right between the eyes [01:53.88]And he went down but to my surprise [01:56.44]He come up with a knife [01:57.49]And cut off a piece of my ear [02:00.95]But I busted a chair right across his teeth [02:03.56]And we crashed through the wall [02:05.13]And into the street [02:06.13]Kicking and a' gouging in the mud [02:07.91]And the blood and the beer [02:09.50] [02:10.70]I tell ya I've fought tougher men [02:13.18]But I really can't remember when [02:15.66]He kicked like a mule [02:17.11]And he bit like a crocodile [02:20.06] [02:21.70]I heard him laugh [02:22.96]And then I heard him curse [02:24.32]He went for his gun and I pulled mine first [02:26.86]He stood there lookin' at me [02:28.38]And I saw him smile [02:30.28] [02:31.53]And he said "Son this world is rough [02:33.90]And if a man's gonna make it [02:35.34]He's gotta be tough [02:36.70]And I knew I wouldn't be there to help you along [02:40.57] [02:41.33]So I give you that name and I said goodbye [02:43.92]I knew you'd have to get tough or die [02:46.20]And it's the name that helped to make you strong" [02:49.73] [02:51.18]He said "Now you just fought one hell of a fight [02:53.85]And I know you hate me and you got the right [02:56.28]To kill me now and I wouldn't blame you if you do [03:00.91] [03:02.25]But you ought to thank me before I die [03:04.62]For the gravel in ya guts and the spit in ya eye [03:07.88]'Cause I'm the son-of-a-b**ch that named you Sue [03:10.91] [03:16.99]Yeah what could I do [03:18.80] [03:21.27]I got all choked up and I threw down my gun [03:23.82]And I called him my pa [03:25.16]And he called me his son [03:26.46]And I came away with a different point of view [03:29.89] [03:30.92]And I think about him now and then [03:33.37]Every time I try and every time I win [03:35.98]And if I ever have a son [03:37.77]I think I'm gonna name him [03:39.92]Well I'm gonna name sun [03:42.62]I'm gonna calling [03:44.10]John or George