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