[00:00.00]时代音乐网 www.78497.com  [00:15.85]Well  my daddy left home when I was three [00:18.01]And he didn't leave much to ma and me [00:20.12]Just this old guitar and an empty bottle of booze [00:24.85]Now  I don't blame him 'cause he run and hid [00:27.05]But the meanest thing that he ever did [00:29.36]Was before he left  he went and named me Sue [00:33.96]Well  he must o' thought that is quite a joke [00:36.11]And it got a lot of laughs from a' lots of folk [00:38.67]It seems I had to fight my whole life through [00:42.74]Some gal would giggle and I'd get red [00:45.10]And some guy'd laugh and I'd bust his head [00:47.38]I tell ya  life ain't easy for a boy named Sue [00:51.89]Well  I grew up quick and I grew up mean [00:54.14]My fist got hard and my wits got keen [00:56.64]I'd roam from town to town to hide my shame [01:00.82]But I made me a vow to the moon and stars [01:03.15]That I'd search the honky tonks and bars [01:05.34]And kill that man who gave me that awful name [01:09.52]Well  it was Gatlinburg in mid July [01:12.11]And I just hit town and my throat was dry [01:14.92]I thought I'd stop and have myself a brew [01:18.65]At an old saloon on a street of mud [01:21.45]There at a table  dealing stud [01:23.56]Sat the dirty  mangy dog that named me Sue [01:28.06]Well  I knew that snake was my own sweet dad [01:30.32]From a worn out picture that my mother had [01:32.74]And I knew that scar on his cheek and his evil eye [01:37.07]He was big and bent and gray and old [01:39.31]And I looked at him and my blood ran cold [01:41.56]And I said  "My name is Sue  How do you do [01:47.17]Now you're gonna die" [01:51.82]Well  I hit him hard right between the eyes [01:54.19]And he went down  but to my surprise [01:56.64]He come up with a knife [01:57.99]And cut off a piece of my ear [02:00.92]But I busted a chair right across his teeth [02:03.19]And we crashed through the wall [02:04.64]And into the street [02:05.72]Kicking and a' gouging in the mud [02:07.41]And the blood and the beer [02:09.83]I tell ya  I've fought tougher men [02:12.34]But I really can't remember when [02:13.80]He kicked like a mule [02:15.68]And he bit like a crocodile [02:19.10]I heard him laugh and then I heard him curse [02:21.31]He went for his gun and I pulled mine first [02:23.82]He stood there lookin' at me and I saw him smile [02:27.36]And he said  "Son  this world is rough [02:29.26]And if a man's gonna make it [02:30.71]He's gotta be tough [02:31.82]And I knew I wouldn't be there to help you along [02:35.83]So I give you that name and I said goodbye [02:38.37]I knew you'd have to get tough or die [02:40.93]And it's the name that [02:41.95]Helped to make you strong" [02:45.07]He said  "Now you just fought one hell of a fight [02:47.47]And I know you hate me  and you got the right [02:49.88]To kill me now [02:50.92]And I wouldn't blame you if you do [02:53.91]But you ought to thank me  before I die [02:56.61]For the gravel in ya guts and the spit in ya eye [02:58.96]'Cause I'm the son-of-a-b**ch that named you Sue [03:03.53]What could I do [03:05.43]I got all choked up and I threw down my gun [03:07.66]And I called him my pa  and he called me his son [03:10.73]And I came away with a different point of view [03:14.47]And I think about him  now and then [03:17.07]Every time I try and every time I win [03:19.50]And if I ever have a boy [03:20.95]I'm  name him [03:22.13]Bill  George or anything but Sue [03:25.52]I still hate that name