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My daddy left home when I was three<br />And he didn't leave much to ma and me<br />Just this old guitar and an empty bottle of booze<br />Now I don't blame him cause he run and hid<br />But the meanest thing that he ever did<br />Was before he left he went and named me Sue<br /><br />Well he must of thought that is was quite a joke<br />And it got a lot of laughs from alot of folk<br />It seems I had to fight my whole life through<br />Some gal would giggle and I'd get red<br />And some guy'd laugh and I'd bust his head<br />I tell ya life ain't easy for a boy named Sue<br /><br />Well I grew up quick and I grew up mean<br />My fist got hard and my wits got keen<br />I'd roam from town to town to hide my shame<br />But I made me a vow to the moon and stars<br />That I'd search the honky tonks and bars<br />And kill that man that give me that awful name<br /><br />Well it was Gatlinburg in mid July<br />And I just hit town and my throat was dry<br />I thought I'd stop and have myself a brew<br />At an old saloon on a street of mud<br />There at a table dealing stud<br />Sat the dirty mangy dog that named me Sue<br /><br />Well I knew that snake was my own sweet dad<br />From a worn out picture that my mother'd had<br />And I knew that scar on his cheek and his evil eye<br />He was big and bent and gray and old<br />And I looked at him and my blood ran cold<br />And I said "My name is Sue How do you do Now you gonna die"<br /><br />Well I hit him hard right between the eyes<br />And he went down but to my surprise<br />He come up with a knife and cut off a piece of my ear<br />But I busted a chair right across his teeth<br />And we crashed through the wall and into the street<br />Kicking and a gouging in the mud and the blood and the beer<br /><br />I tell ya I've fought tougher men<br />But I really can't remember when<br />He kicked like a mule and he bit like a crocodile<br />I heard him laugh and then I heard him cuss<br />He went for his gun and I pulled mine first<br />He stood there lookin' at me and I saw him smile<br /><br />And he said "Son this world is rough<br />And if a man's gonna make it he's gotta be tough<br />And I know I wouldn't be there to help ya along<br />So I give ya that name and I said goodbye<br />I knew you'd have to get tough or die<br />And it's that name that helped to make you strong"<br /><br />He said "Now you just fought one hell of a fight<br />And I know you hate me and you got the right<br />To kill me now and I wouldn't blame you if you do<br />But ya ought to thank me before I die<br />For the gravel in ya guts and the spit in ya eye<br />Cause I'm the son of a bitch that named you Sue"<br /><br />Yeah what could I do what could I do<br /><br />I got all choked up and I threw down my gun<br />And I called him my pa and he called me his son<br />And I come away with a different point of view<br />And I think about him now and then<br />Everytime I try and everytime I win<br />And if I ever have a son I think I'm gonna name him<br />Bill or George anything damn thing but Sue <br />I still hate that name
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My daddy left home when I was three<br />And he didn't leave much to ma and me<br />Just this old guitar and an empty bottle of booze<br />Now I don't blame him cause he run and hid<br />But the meanest thing that he ever did<br />Was before he left he went and named me Sue<br /><br />Well he must of thought that is was quite a joke<br />And it got a lot of laughs from alot of folk<br />It seems I had to fight my whole life through<br />Some gal would giggle and I'd get red<br />And some guy'd laugh and I'd bust his head<br />I tell ya life ain't easy for a boy named Sue<br /><br />Well I grew up quick and I grew up mean<br />My fist got hard and my wits got keen<br />I'd roam from town to town to hide my shame<br />But I made me a vow to the moon and stars<br />That I'd search the honky tonks and bars<br />And kill that man that give me that awful name<br /><br />Well it was Gatlinburg in mid July<br />And I just hit town and my throat was dry<br />I thought I'd stop and have myself a brew<br />At an old saloon on a street of mud<br />There at a table dealing stud<br />Sat the dirty mangy dog that named me Sue<br /><br />Well I knew that snake was my own sweet dad<br />From a worn out picture that my mother'd had<br />And I knew that scar on his cheek and his evil eye<br />He was big and bent and gray and old<br />And I looked at him and my blood ran cold<br />And I said "My name is Sue How do you do Now you gonna die"<br /><br />Well I hit him hard right between the eyes<br />And he went down but to my surprise<br />He come up with a knife and cut off a piece of my ear<br />But I busted a chair right across his teeth<br />And we crashed through the wall and into the street<br />Kicking and a gouging in the mud and the blood and the beer<br /><br />I tell ya I've fought tougher men<br />But I really can't remember when<br />He kicked like a mule and he bit like a crocodile<br />I heard him laugh and then I heard him cuss<br />He went for his gun and I pulled mine first<br />He stood there lookin' at me and I saw him smile<br /><br />And he said "Son this world is rough<br />And if a man's gonna make it he's gotta be tough<br />And I know I wouldn't be there to help ya along<br />So I give ya that name and I said goodbye<br />I knew you'd have to get tough or die<br />And it's that name that helped to make you strong"<br /><br />He said "Now you just fought one hell of a fight<br />And I know you hate me and you got the right<br />To kill me now and I wouldn't blame you if you do<br />But ya ought to thank me before I die<br />For the gravel in ya guts and the spit in ya eye<br />Cause I'm the son of a bitch that named you Sue"<br /><br />Yeah what could I do what could I do<br /><br />I got all choked up and I threw down my gun<br />And I called him my pa and he called me his son<br />And I come away with a different point of view<br />And I think about him now and then<br />Everytime I try and everytime I win<br />And if I ever have a son I think I'm gonna name him<br />Bill or George anything damn thing but Sue <br />I still hate that name
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