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Needtobreathe – ‘Best of The Insiders: 1st Edition’ (2022) – Album Review.Kiss -Alive! in Amityville: June 1973 – (2021) – Album Review.Follow me on Twitter My Tweets Recent Posts Best of The Insiders 1st Edition on vinyl signed by the band. I got all choked up and I threw down my gunĪnd I called him my pa, and he called me his son,Īnd I came away with a different point of view.Īnd if I ever have a son, I think I’m gonna name himīill or George! Anything but Sue! I still hate that name! To kill me now, and I wouldn’t blame you if you do.įor the gravel in ya guts and the spit in ya eyeĬause I’m the son of a bitch that named you ‘Sue’.” He said, “Now you just fought one hell of a fightĪnd I know you hate me, and you got the right So I give ya that name and I said goodbyeĪnd it’s the name that helped to make you strong.” He stood there lookin’ at me and I saw him smile.Īnd if a man’s gonna make it, he’s gotta be toughĪnd I knew I wouldn’t be there to help ya along. He went for his gun and I pulled mine first, I heard him laugh and then I heard him cuss, He kicked like a mule and he bit like a crocodile. Kicking and a’ gouging in the mud and the blood and the beer. He come up with a knife and cut off a piece of my ear.īut I busted a chair right across his teethĪnd we crashed through the wall and into the street Well, I hit him hard right between the eyes Well, I knew that snake was my own sweet dadįrom a worn-out picture that my mother’d had,Īnd I knew that scar on his cheek and his evil eye.Īnd I looked at him and my blood ran coldĪnd I said, “My name is ‘Sue’! How do you do! Sat the dirty, mangy dog that named me “Sue”. I thought I’d stop and have myself a brew. I’d roam from town to town to hide my shame.Īnd kill that man who gave me that awful name.Īnd I just hit town and my throat was dry, Well, I grew up quick and I grew up mean, I tell ya, life ain’t easy for a boy named “Sue”. It seems I had to fight my whole life through.Īnd some guy’d laugh and I’d bust his head, Was before he left, he went and named me “Sue”.Well, he must o’ thought that is quite a jokeĪnd it got a lot of laughs from a’ lots of folk,

Now, I don’t blame him cause he run and hid Just this old guitar and an empty bottle of booze. Give it a listen and read the lyrics and Enjoy! Have a great Sunday! It was later put back in for subsequent releases when the phrase wasn’t as controversial. The line Cause “I’m the son of a bitch that named you ‘Sue'” was edited out of the original pressing. The song came out in 1969 and cussing was not well received at the time. He was surprised at how well the song was received during the show as he was uncertain it was good enough and he was testing the song out during the show to see the reaction. One thing I learned on researching the song was that when he sang it at San Quentin, he didn’t really know the song very well yet and he had to look at the lyrics he had on a sheet a paper at times during the performance. It gave a life and a charm to the song all its own. The grittiness of Cash’s voice and the way he sort of spoke it instead of singing it was absolutely perfect.

I don’t think the song would have been as successful with any other singer…at least to me it wouldn’t have been. “A Boy Named Sue” is a song only Johnny Cash could sing and pull off. Why didn’t he make it to #1, well a little known band named the Rolling Stones held that position with “Honky Tonk Woman”. It was also his only Top 10 song which is amazing. The song was Johnny’s biggest charting song on the Billboard Hot 100 where it reached #2. It tells such an amazing story about a boy seeking revenge against his deadbeat dad who left him and his mom and who named him Sue. The song was first recorded during the live concert ‘At San Quentin’ and is one of my favorite Johnny Cash songs. My Sunday Song #45 is the great Johnny Cash Song “A Boy Named Sue”.

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