影片裡這歌叫做 A Boy Named Sue ， 是一首很可愛的歌，剛好我有個朋友也叫做 Sue，儘管我認識的 Sue 也很可愛，不過他跟這首歌可一點關係也沒有！歌裡這個叫 Sue 的傢伙會鬧笑話、會飆狠話、翻起臉來不像話、會撂下超毒的話，這跟我朋友一點也不像，真的！我朋友 Sue 是個很有才華的女生，周圍的親朋好友連公司的同事老闆都怕他人緣好極了！所以，如果硬要把這 Sue 跟那 Sue 鏈結，那麼，我這樣說好了，根據行為模式、思考邏輯等種種跡象顯示，我斷定歌裡這個名字叫做 Sue 的白目男，他，應該也是.....哈～
牡羊座！
記得之前寫 The APL Song 時，我就曾說過，雙語交學是長久以來，我藉由把英語翻成台語這個動作，讓腦部交叉思考交互蹲跳，來學習英文練習寫歌的一種....一種，呃～的一種....哈～交言但白！但由於我的英文能力有限，加上你知道，其實歌詞這東西老是不按文理出文，沒事就搞些俚語口語暗喻隱喻 ，所以翻起來頗吃力。比如說這首【有個男孩名叫 Sue 】，唱歌的人叫做搶你現金！我說豈止現今！連明天的支票都輸給他了真是！
原英文詞：
My daddy left home when I was three
And he didn't leave much to Ma and me
Just this old guitar and an empty bottle of booze
Now, I don't blame him cause he run and hid
But the meanest thing that he ever did
Was before he left, he went and named me 'Sue.'
既然歌詞難翻譯，故事又沒有什麼鳥意義，那我幹嘛還寫呢？原因其實很簡單，原因是：A Boy Named Sue，是一首很可愛的歌，剛好我有個朋友也叫做 Sue ，儘管我認識的 Sue也很可愛，不過他跟這一首歌卻是一點關係也沒有！歌裡這個叫 Sue 的傢伙會鬧笑話、會飆狠話、翻起臉來不像話、會撂超毒的話，這跟我朋友一點也不像，真的！我朋友 Sue 是個很有才華的女生，周圍的親朋好友連公司的同事老闆都怕他人緣好極了！所以，如果硬要把這 Sue 跟那 Sue 鏈結，那麼，我這樣說好了，根據行為模式、思考邏輯等，種種跡象顯示，我斷定歌裡這個名字叫做Sue的白目男，他，應該也是.....哈～牡羊座！
My daddy left home when I was three
And he didn't leave much to Ma and me
Just this old guitar and an empty bottle of booze.
Now, I don't blame him cause he run and hid
But the meanest thing that he ever did
Was before he left, he went and named me 'Sue.'
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 me a vow to the moon and stars
That I'd search the honky-tonks and bars
And kill that man that give me that awful name.
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 mother'd had,
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 said: "My name is 'Sue!' how do you do!
Now you gonna die!" Yeah~That's what I told him.
Well, I hit him hard right between the eyes
And he went down but, to my surprise,
He come up with a knife and cut off a piece of my ear.
But I busted a chair right across his teeth
And we crashed through the wall and into the street
Kicking and a' gouging in the mud and the blood and the beer.
I tell ya, I've fought tougher men
But I really can't remember when,
He kicked like a mule and he bit like a crocodile.
I heard him laugh and then I heard him cuss,
He went for his gun and I pulled mine first,
He stood there lookin' at me and I saw him smile.
And he said: "Son, this world is rough
And if a man's gonna make it, he's gotta be tough
And I know I wouldn't be there to help ya along.
So I give ya that name and I said good-bye
I knew you'd have to get tough or die
And it's that name that helped to make you strong."
He said: 'Now you just fought 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 ya ought to thank me, before I die,
For the gravel in ya guts and the spit in ya eye
Cause I'm the son-of-a-bitch that named you 'Sue'.
Yeah~ What could I do? What could I do?
I got all choked up and I threw down my gun
And I called him my pa, and he called me his son,
And I come away 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 son, I think I'm gonna name him
Bill or George! Anything but sue! I still hate that name!
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