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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 old 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 must o' thought that is quite a joke |
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And it got a lot of laughs from a' lots of folk' |
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It 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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I 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'd roam from town to town to hide my shame. |
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But I made a vow to the moon and stars |
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That I'd search the honky-tonks and bars |
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And kill that man who gave me that awful name. |
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Well' it was Gatlinburg in mid-July |
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And I 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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At an old saloon on a street of mud' |
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There at a table' dealing 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'd 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 gray and old' |
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And I looked at him and my blood ran cold |
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And I said: "My name is 'Sue!' How do you do! |
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Now your gonna die!!" |
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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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He come up with a knife and cut off a piece of my ear. |
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But 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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Kicking and a' gouging 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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I heard him laugh and then I heard him cuss' |
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He went for his gun and I pulled mine first' |
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He stood there lookin' at me and I saw him smile. |
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And he said: "Son' this world is rough |
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And if a man's gonna make it' he's gotta be tough |
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And I knew I wouldn't be there to help ya along. |
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So I give ya that name and I said goodbye |
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I knew you'd have get to tough or die |
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And it's the name that helped to make you strong." |
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He said: "Now you just fought one hell of a fight |
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And I know you hate me' and you 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 ya ought to thank me' before I die' |
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For the gravel in ya guts and the spit in ya eye |
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Cause I'm the son-of-a-bitch that named you "Sue.'" |
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I got all choked up and I threw down my gun |
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And I 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 |