A Boy Named Sue

Johnny Cash

  • Enviado por: Ramires Bike
  • Tom: Bb
  • Arranjo: Baixo, Bateria

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(Composição: Shel Silverstein) Well, 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 he ever did Was before he left he went and named me sue Well, he musta thought that it was quite a joke An' it got a lot of laughs from lots a folks 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'll tell ya, life ain't easy for a boy named sue I grew up quick and I grew up mean My fist got hard and my wis got keen I roamed from town to town to hide my shame But I made me a vow to the moon and stars I'd search the honky-tonks and bars And kill that man that gave me that awful name Well, it was Gatlinburg in mid-July I'd just hit town and my throat was dry Thought I'd stop and have myself a brew In and old saloon on a street of mud There at a table dealin' 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 had & I knew that scar on his cheek & his evil eye He was big and bent and grey and old And I looked at him and my blood ran cold, and I said My name is sue! How do you do! Now you gonna die! Yeah, that's what I told him! Well, I hit him hard right between the eyes And he went down, but to my surprise Come up with a knife a cut off a piece o' my ear I busted a chair right across his teeth And we crashed through the wall and into the street Kickin' and a gougin' in the the mud and the blood and the beer I tell you I've fought tougher men But I really can't remember when He kicked like a mule & bit like a crocodile Well I heard him laugh and then I heard him cuss He went for his gun but I pulled mine first He stood there lookin' 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 know I wouldn't be there to help you along So I gave that name and I said goodbye I knew you'd have to get tough or die And it's that name what helped to make you strong Now you just fought one hell of a fight And I know you hate me and ya got the right To kill me now and I wouldn't blame you if you do But you oughtta thank me before I die For the gravel in your gut and the spit in your eye 'Cause I'm the son of a bitch that named you sue! Well, what could I do, what could I do? Well I got a choked up and threw down my gun Called him a pa and he called me a son And I come away with a different point of view I think about him now and then Every time I try and every time I win And if I ever have a son I think I'm gonna name him Bill or george! Any damn thing but sue! I still hate that name