Karaoke Track: A Boy Named Sue by Johnny Cash (Idol Makers) - Karaoke Nerds

Well, my daddy left home
when I was three

And he didn't leave much
to maw and me

Just this old guitar and an
empty bottle of booze

Now I don't blame him
cause he run and hid

Well he must of thought
that it was quite a joke
But the meanest thing that
he ever did
Was before he left he went
and named me Sue

Well he must of thought
that it was quite a joke

And it got a lotta laughs
from a lot of folks

Seems I had to fight my
whole life through

Some gal would giggle
and I'd get red

Well I grew up quick and I
grew up mean

My fist got hard and my
wits got keen

I thought I'd stop
and have myself a brew
At an old saloon on
a street of mud
There at a table dealin' stud

Sat the dirty mangy dog
that named me Sue
I thought I'd stop
and have myself a brew
At an old saloon on
a street of mud
There at a table dealin' stud

He was big and bent and
gray and old

And I looked at him and my
blood ran cold

And we crashed through
the wall and into the street
He come up with the knife
and cut off a piece of my ear
But I busted a chair right
across his teeth

I tell ya, I fought tougher
men, but I really can't
remember when
He kicked like a mule and
he bit like a crocodile

And it's that name that
helped to make you strong

Yeah, said now you just
fought one hell of a fight

Every time I try and every
time I win
And I come away with a
different point of view
And I think about him now
andthen

Every time I try and every
time I win
And ifl ever have a son

I think I'm gonna' name him
Bill or George, anything
but Sue

Title: A Boy Named Sue
Artist: Johnny Cash
Brand: Idol Makers
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Codes: IM001-02 IMPK01-02
Genres: arkansas country, outlaw country, rock