Johnny Cash - A Boy Named Sue
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Well
my
dad
dy
left
home
19
When
I
was
three
32
And
he
did
n’t
leave
much
48
To
ma
and
me
64
Just
this
old
gui
tar
and
an
86
Emp
ty
bot
tle
of
booze
108
Now
I
don’t
blame
him
145
’Cause
he
run
and
hid
161
But
the
mean
est
thing
175
That
he
e
ver
did
191
Was
be
fore
he
left
210
He
went
and
named
me
Sue
236
Well
he
must
of
thought
287
That
it
was
quite
a
joke
305
And
it
got
ta
lot
of
laughs
323
From
a
lots
of
folks
338
Seems
I
had
to
fight
363
My
whole
life
through
396
Some
gal
would
gig
gle
419
And
I’d
get
red
433
And
some
guy’d
laugh
450
And
I’d
bust
his
head
468
I
tell
ya
476
Life
ain’t
eas
y
492
For
a
boy
named
Sue
510
Well
I
grew
up
quick
578
And
I
grew
up
mean
595
My
fist
got
hard
610
And
my
wits
got
keen
628
Roam
from
town
to
town
652
To
hide
my
shame
684
But
I
made
me
a
vow
709
To
the
moon
and
stars
727
I’d
search
the
738
Honk
y
tonks
and
bars
759
And
kill
that
man
774
That
give
me
that
aw
ful
name
796
Well
it
was
Gat
lin
burg
837
In
mid
Ju
ly
852
And
I
just
hit
town
868
And
my
throat
was
dry
886
I
thought
I’d
stop
902
And
have
my
self
a
brew
931
At
an
old
sa
loon
964
On
a
street
of
mud
982
There
at
a
ta
ble
997
Deal
in’
stud
1013
Sat
the
dir
ty
man
gy
1031
Dog
that
named
me
Sue
1055
Well
I
knew
that
snake
1091
Was
my
own
sweet
dad
1107
From
a
worn
out
pic
ture
1124
That
my
mo
ther
’d
had
1139
And
I
knew
that
scar
on
his
cheek
1165
And
his
ev
il
eye
1185
He
was
big
and
bent
1221
And
gray
and
old
1236
And
I
looked
at
him
1251
And
my
blood
ran
cold
1267
And
I
said
1277
My
name
is
Sue
1299
How
do
you
do?
1323
Now
you’re
gonna
die
1356
Yeh
that’s
what
I
told
him
1403
Well
I
hit
him
hard
1441
Right
be
tween
the
eyes
~
1459
And
he
went
down
1476
But
to
my
sur
prise
1492
He
come
up
with
a
knife
1510
And
cut
off
a
piece
of
my
ear
1535
But
I
bust
ed
a
chair
1570
Right
a
cross
his
teeth
1584
And
we
crashed
through
the
wall
1602
And
in
to
the
street
1618
Kick
ing
and
a
goug
ing
in
the
mud
1644
And
the
blood
and
the
beer
1660
I
tell
ya
1694
I’ve
fought
tough
er
men
1715
But
I
real
ly
can’t
1731
Re
mem
ber
when
1743
He
kicked
like
a
mule
1763
And
he
bit
like
a
croc
o
dile
1796
I
heard
him
laugh
1828
And
then
I
heard
him
cuss
and
1849
He
went
for
his
gun
1864
And
I
pulled
mine
first
1879
He
stood
there
look
in’
at
me
1903
And
I
saw
him
smile
1921
And
he
said
son
~
1938
This
world
is
rough
1973
And
if
a
man’s
gonna
make
it
1992
He’s
gotta
be
tough
2006
And
I
know
I
wouldn’t
be
there
2032
To
help
ya
along
2050
So
I
give
ya
that
name
2088
And
I
said
good
bye
2104
I
knew
you’d
have
to
2118
Get
tough
or
die
2134
And
it’s
that
name
that
helped
2161
To
make
you
strong
2178
Yeh
~
2207
He
said
2218
Now
you
just
fought
2231
One
hell
of
a
fight
2249
And
I
know
you
hate
me
2265
And
you
got
the
right
2280
To
kill
me
now
2298
And
I
would
n’t
blame
you
2313
If
you
do
2326
But
ya
ought
to
thank
me
2365
Be
fore
I
die
2379
For
the
grav
el
in
ya
guts
2395
And
the
spit
in
ya
eye
2413
’Cause
I’m
the
2424
That
named
you
Sue
2454
Yeh
what
could
I
do?
2494
What
could
I
do?
2517
I
got
all
choked
up
2539
And
I
threw
down
my
gun
2558
Called
him
my
paw
2571
And
he
called
me
his
son
2591
And
I
come
a
way
2605
With
a
dif
ferent
point
of
view
2638
And
I
think
a
bout
him
2671
Now
and
then
2683
Ev
ery
time
I
try
2700
And
ev
ery
time
I
win
2719
And
if
I
ever
have
a
son
2749
I
think
I’m
gonna
name
him
2782
Bill
or
George
2806
Anything
but
Sue
2825
I
still
hate
that
man
yeh