A Boy Named Sue
Исполнитель: JOHNNY CASH
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Текст песни JOHNNY CASH - A Boy Named Sue
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My daddy left home when I was three<br />And he didn't leave much to ma and me<br />Just this old guitar and an empty bottle of booze.<br />Now, I don't blame him cause he ran and hid<br />But the meanest thing that he ever did<br />Was before he left, he went and named me Sue.<br /><br />( )<br />Well, he must of thought that is quite a joke<br />And it got a lot of laughs from a' lots of folk,<br />It seems I had to fight my whole life through.<br />Some gal would giggle and I'd get red<br />And some guy'd laugh and I'd bust his head,<br />I tell ya, life ain't easy for a boy named Sue.<br /><br />Well, I grew up quick and I grew up mean,<br />My fist got hard and my wits got keen,<br />I'd roam from town to town to hide my shame.<br />But I made a vow to the moon and stars<br />That I'd search the honky-tonks and bars<br />And kill that man who gave me that awful name.<br /><br />Well, it was Gatlinburg in mid-July<br />And I just hit town and my throat was dry,<br />I thought I'd stop and have myself a brew.<br />At an old saloon on a street of mud,<br />There at a table, dealing stud,<br />Sat the dirty, mangy dog that named me Sue.<br /><br />Well, I knew that snake was my own sweet dad<br />From a worn-out picture that my mother'd had,<br />And I knew that scar on his cheek and his evil eye.<br />He was big and bent and gray and old,<br />And I looked at him and my blood ran cold<br />And I said: 'My name is Sue How do you do?<br />Now your gonna die!" That's what I told him<br /><br />Well, I hit him hard right between the eyes<br />And he went down, but to my surprise,<br />He come up with a knife and cut off a piece of my ear.<br />But I busted a chair right across his teeth<br />And we crashed through the wall and into the street<br />Kicking and a' gouging in the mud and the blood and the beer.<br /><br />I tell ya, I've fought tougher men<br />But I really can't remember when,<br />He kicked like a mule and he bit like a crocodile.<br />I heard him laugh and then I heard him cuss,<br />He went for his gun and I pulled mine first,<br />He stood there lookin' at me and I saw him smile.<br /><br />And he said: "Son, this world is rough<br />And if a man's gonna make it, he's gotta be tough<br />And I knew I wouldn't be there to help ya along.<br />So I give ya that name and I said goodbye<br />I knew you'd have to get tough or die<br />And it's the name that helped to make you strong."<br /><br />He said: "Now you just fought one hell of a fight<br />And I know you hate me, and you got the right<br />To kill me now, and I wouldn't blame you if you do.<br />But ya ought to thank me, before I die,<br />For the gravel in ya guts and the spit in ya eye<br />Cause I'm the son of a bitch that named you Sue."<br /><br />I got all choked up and I threw down my gun<br />And I called him my pa, and he called me his son,<br />And I came away with a different point of view.<br />And I think about him, now and then,<br />Every time I try and every time I win,<br />And if I ever have a son, I think I'm gonna name him<br />Bill or George! Any damn thing but Sue! I still hate that name!<br />