Rodolphe Maurel
Vanessa
A boy named Sue
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A boy named Sue
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My daddy left1 home when I was three
He didn't leave1 very much to Ma and me
Except this old guitar and an empty bottle of <div class="tooltip">booze<span class="tooltiptext">alcool</span></div>.
Now, I don't blame him cause he ran1 and hid1
But <div class="tooltip">the meanest thing<span class="tooltiptext">la chose la plus méchante</span></div> that my Daddy ever did1
Was before he left1, he went1 and named1 me "Sue."</div><div class="virtualpage">
Well, he must have thought1 that is quite a joke
And it got1 a lot of laughs from lots of <div class="tooltip">folk<span class="tooltiptext">les gens</span></div>,
It seems I had to1 fight my whole life through.
Some gal would1 <div class="tooltip">giggler<span class="tooltiptext">glousser</span></div> and I'd turn red
And some guy would laugh and I'd <div class="tooltip">bust<span class="tooltiptext">péter, casse</span></div> his head,
I tell you, life ain't easy for a boy named "Sue."</div><div class="virtualpage">
Well, I grew up1 quick and I grew up mean,
My fist got1 hard and my <div class="tooltip">wits<span class="tooltiptext">esprit</span></div>got <div class="tooltip"> keen<span class="tooltiptext">affuté</span></div>,
I'd <div class="tooltip">roam<span class="tooltiptext">errer</span></div> from town to town to hide my shame.
But I made1 a <div class="tooltip">vow<span class="tooltiptext">voeu</span></div> to the moon and stars
That I'd search the <div class="tooltip">honly-tonks<span class="tooltiptext">Un honky tonk est un type de bar commun dans le sud-ouest, et plus généralement le sud des États-Unis. Ces bars sont également appelés honkatonks, honkey-tonks, tonks ou tunks.</span></div> and bars
And kill that man who gave1 me that awful name.</div><div class="virtualpage">
Well, it was1 Gatlinburg in mid-July
And I 'd just hit1 town and my <div class="tooltip">throat<span class="tooltiptext">gorge</span></div> was dry,
I thought1 I'd stop and have myself a <div class="tooltip">brew<span class="tooltiptext">bière</span></div>.
At an old saloon on a street of mud,
There at a table, <div class="tooltip">dealing stud<span class="tooltiptext">distribuant les cartes</span></div>,
Sat1 the dirty, <div class="tooltip">mangy<span class="tooltiptext">galeux, miteux</span></div> dog that named me "Sue."</div><div class="virtualpage">
Well, I knew1 that snake was my own sweet dad
From a <div class="tooltip">worn out<span class="tooltiptext">usé</span></div> picture that my mother'd had,
And I knew that <div class="tooltip">scar<span class="tooltiptext">cicatrice</span></div> on his cheek and his evil eye.
He was big and <div class="tooltip">bent<span class="tooltiptext">courbé</span></div> and gray and old,
And I looked1 at him and my blood ran1 cold
And I said: "My name is 'Sue!' How do you do!
Now you're gonna die!!"</div><div class="virtualpage">
Well, I hit1 him hard right between the eyes
And he went down1, but to my surprise,
He came up1 with a knife and cut off1 a piece of my ear.
But I busted1 a chair right across his teeth
And we crashed1 through the wall and into the street
Kicking and <div class="tooltip">a' gouging in the mud<span class="tooltiptext">creusant la boue</span></div> and the blood and the beer.</div><div class="virtualpage">
I tell ya, I've fought1 <div class="tooltip">tougher<span class="tooltiptext">plus dur</span></div> men
But I really can't remember when,
He kicked1 like a mule and he bit1 like a crocodile.
I heard1 him laugh and then I heard him <div class="tooltip">curse<span class="tooltiptext">jurer</span></div>,
He went for his gun and I pulled1 mine first,
He stood1 there lookin' at me and I saw him smile.</div><div class="virtualpage">
And he said1: "Son, this world is rough
And if a man's gonna make it, he's gotta be tough
And I knew1 I wouldn't be there to help you along.
So I gave1 you that name and I said1 goodbye
I knew you'd have to <div class="tooltip">get tough<span class="tooltiptext">s'endurcir</span></div> or die
And it's the name that helped1 to make you strong."</div><div class="virtualpage">
He said: "Now you just fought1 one hell of a fight
And I know you hate me, and you got the right
To kill me now, and I wouldn't blame you if you do.
But <div class="tooltip">you ought to<span class="tooltiptext">tu devrais</span></div> thank me, before I die,
For the <div class="tooltip">gravel<span class="tooltiptext">gravier</span></div> in your <div class="tooltip">guts<span class="tooltiptext">tripes</span></div> and the <div class="tooltip">spit in the eye<span class="tooltiptext">mépris</span></div>
Cause I'm the son-of-a-b**** that named you "Sue.'"
What could I do?</div><div class="virtualpage">
I got all <div class="tooltip">choked up<span class="tooltiptext">ému</span></div> and I threw down my gun
And I called1 him my pa, and he called me his son,
And I came away1 with a different point of view.
And I think about him, now and then,
Every time I try and every time I win,
And if I ever have a boy, I think I'm gonna name him after you...</div>
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