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

Well my daddy left home
when l was three

And he didn't leave
much to ma and me

Now, I don't blame him
'cos he run and hid

But the meanest thing
that he ever did

Well, he must've thought
that it was a ioke and it

got a lot of laughs from
lots of folks

Some gal would giggle
and I'd get red

And some guy'd laugh
and I'd bust his head
I tell ya

Well, I grew up quick

and I grew up mean

My fist got hard and
my wits got keen

I'd roam from town
to town to hide
my shame

But I made a vow to
the moon and stars

That I'd search the
honky-tonks and bars

Well, it was Gatlinburg
in mid July

And I just hit town
and my throat
was dry

I thought I'd stop and
have myself a brew

At an old saloon
on a street of mud

There at a table,
dealing 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 mama had I

And I knew that scar
on his cheek

and his evil eye
He was big and bent
and gray and old

And I looked at him
and my blood ran cold

And I saidz
My name is Sue
How do you do!

Well, I hit him hard
right between the eyes

And he went down,
but to my surprise

I tell ya I've fought
tougher men

But I really can't
remember when

He kicked like a mule

and he hit like
a crocodile

Well I heard him laugh
andthenl

heard him cuss
He went for his gun
but I pulled mine first

And he saith
Son, this world is

rough and if a man's
gonna make it,
he's gotta be tough

So I gave ya
that name and

I said goodbye
I knew you'd have
to get tough or die

Now you iust fought
one hell of a fight

And I know
you hate me
and you got the right

But ya ought to
thank me before I die

For the gravel in
ya guts and the
spit in ya eye

Yeah what could I do?

What could I do?

Well I got choked up
and I threw down my gun
And I called him my pa

and he called me his son
And I came away with
a different point of view

I think I'm gonna
name him

Bill or George
Anything but Sue

Title: A Boy Named Sue
Artist: Johnny Cash
Brand: Sunfly
(27 Other Versions)
Codes: SFMW874-02 SFWS036-03
Genres: arkansas country, outlaw country, rock
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