Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ Johnny Cash Tribute Album ❯ Tribute 2 ( Chapter 2 )

Johnny Cash Tribute Album

Tribute Song 2

Same stage as the last chapter. Koritsune Dragonrider walks back on stage with the mike in her hands.

"Now we have Kazuma Kuwabara singing `A Boy Named Sue,'" she said.

Walking off stage the curtained opened to reveal the team. Kurama and Hiei had their guitars but Yusuke was behind the drum set and Kuwabara had the mike. Taking a deep breathe he started to sing,

"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 named me "Sue."

"Well he must o' thought that was quite a joke," joined in Yusuke.

"And it got a lot of laughs from a' lots of folks,

It seems I had to fight my whole life through.

Some gal would giggle and I'd get red and some guy'd laugh

And I'd bust his head. I tell ya, life ain't easy for a boy named "Sue."

"Well I grew up quick and I grew up mean," sang Kuwabara trying to look mean but with failure.

"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-tanks and bars

And kill that man who named me "Sue."

"Well, it was Gatlinburg in mid-July," sang Hiei,

"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 that dirty, mangy dog that named me "Sue."

"Well, I knew that snake was my own sweet dad," sang Kuwabara looking angry, "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 grey and old,

And I looked at him and my blood ran cold

And I said "My name is `Sue'! How do you do!

Now your goanna die!"

"Well, I hit him hard right between the eyes," sang Kurama in a mean voice,

"And he went down but to my surprise,

He came up with a knife and cut off a piece of my right ear.

But I busted a chair across his teeth

And we crashed through the wall into the street

kicking and a' gouging in the mud and the blood and the beer."

"I tell ya, I've fought tougher men," said Kuwabara with a laugh,

"But I really can't remember when.

He kicked like a mule and he bit like a crocodile.

I hear 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."

"He said, "Son, this world is rough," sang Yusuke,

"And if a man's gonna make it he's gotta be tough

And I knew I wouldn't be there to help ya along.

So I gave ya that name and I said goodbye,

I knew you'd to be tough or die.

And it's that name that helped make you strong."

"He said "Now you just fought one hell of a fight," sang Kuwabara,

"And I know you hate me and you got the tight

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 your guts and the spit in ya eye

Cause I'm that son-of-a-*#@!& that named you "Sue."

"I got all choke up and I threw down my gun," they all sang together,

"And I called him my pa, and he called me his son,

And I came away with a different point of view.

And I still think about him every now and then,

Every time I try and every time I win."

"And if I ever have a son," said Kuwabara the gang stopped playing to hear him, "I think I'm gonna name him Bill or George! Anything but Sue! I still hate that name!"

The audience laughed and applauded as the curtain closed once again.

~*~End Tribute 2~*~