WELL ,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 BECAUSE HE RUN AND HID,
BUT THE MEANEST THING THAT HE EVER DID
WAS BEFORE HE LEFT, HE WENT AND NAMED ME SUE.
WELL, HE MUST HAVE THOUGHT IT WAS QUITE A JOKE,
AND IT GOT LOTS OF LOUGH FROM A LOT OF FOLKS,
IT SEEMS I HAD TO FIGHT MY WHOLE LIFE THRU.
SOME GAL WOULD GIGLE AND I`D GET RED,
AND SOME GUY WOULD LOUGH AND I`D BUST HIS HEAD,
I TELL YOU, LIFE AIN`T EASY FOR A BOY NAMED SUE.
WELL, I GREW UP QUICK AND I GREW UP MEAN.
MY FIST GOT HARD AND MY WITS GOT KNEEN.
ROAMED FROM TOWN TO TOWN TO HIDE MY SHAME,
BUT I MADE ME A VOW TO THE MOON AND STARS,
I`D SEARCH THE HONKY TONKS AND BARS
AND KILL THAT MAN THAT GIVE ME THAT AWFUL NAME.
BUT IT WAS GATLINBURG IN MID JULY
AND I HAD 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
AND 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 HAD.
AND I KNOW 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 YOU`RE GONNA DIE." YEAH, THAT`S WHAT I TOLD HIM.
WELL I HIT HIM RIGHT BETWEEN THE EYES
AND HE WENT DOWN, BUT TO MY SURPRISE
HE COME UP WITH A KNIFE AND CUT OFF A PICE 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 BLOODAND THE BEER.
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I TELL YOU I`VE FOUGHT TOUGHER MEN
BUT I REALLY CAN`T REMEMBER WHEN.
HE KICKED LIKE A MULE AND HE BIT LIKE A CROCODILE.
I HEARED HIM LOUGHIN` AND THEN I HEARED HIM CUSSIN`,
HE WENT FOR HIS GUN AND I PULLED MINE FIRST.
HE STOOD THERE LOOKING 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 THOUGH
AND I KNOW I WOULDN`T BE THERE TO HELP YOU ALONG.
SO I GIVE YOU THAT NAME AD 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."
"YEAH", HE SAID, "NOW YOU HAVE JUST ONE HELLUVA FIGHT,
AND I KNOW YOU HATE ME AND YOU`VE GOT THE RIGHT
TO KILL ME NOW AND I WOULDN`T BLAME YOU IF YOU DO.
BUT YOU OUGHT TO THANK ME BEFORE I DIE
FOR THE GRAVEL IN YOUR GUTS
AND THE SPIT IN YOUR EYE BECAUSE
I`M THE - - - -
THAT NAMED YOU SUE."
YEAH, WHAT COULD I DO? WHAT COULD I DO?
I GOT ALL CHOKED UP AND I THREW DOWN MY GUN.
CALLED HIM A PA AND HE CALLED ME A SON,
AND I COME AWAY WITH A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW.
AND I THINK ABOUT HIM NOW AND THEN.
EVERY TIME I TRIED, EVERY TIME I WIN
AND IF I EVER HAVE A SON I THINKI AM GONNA NAME HIM
BILL OR GEORGE - ANYTHING BUT SUE.
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