My daddy left home when I was threeAnd he didn't leave much to ma and meJust this old guitar and an empty bottle of boozeNow, I don't blame him cause he run and hidBut the meanest thing that he ever didWas before he left, he went and named me SueWell, he must o' thought that is quite a jokeAnd it got a lot of laughs from a' lots of folkIt seems I had to fight my whole life throughSome gal would giggle and I'd get redAnd some guy'd laugh and I'd bust his head,I tell ya, life ain't easy for a boy named SueWell, I grew up quick and I grew up meanMy fist got hard and my wits got keenI'd roam from town to town to hide my shameBut I made a vow to the moon and starsThat I'd search the honky-tonks and barsAnd kill that man who gave me that awful nameWell, it was Gatlinburg in mid-JulyAnd I just hit town and my throat was dryI thought I'd stop and have myself a brewAt an old saloon on a street of mudThere at a table, dealing studSat the dirty, mangy dog that named me SueWell, I knew that snake was my own sweet dadFrom a worn-out picture that my mother'd hadAnd I knew that scar on his cheek and his evil eyeHe was big and bent and gray and oldAnd I looked at him and my blood ran coldAnd I said, My name is Sue, how do you doNow you're gonna dieWell, I hit him hard right between the eyesAnd he went down, but to my surpriseHe come up with a knife and cut off a piece of my earBut I busted a chair right across his teethAnd we crashed through the wall and into the streetKicking and a' gouging in the mud and the blood and the beerI tell ya, I've fought tougher menBut I really can't remember whenHe kicked like a mule and he bit like a crocodileI heard him laugh and then I heard him cussHe went for his gun and I pulled mine firstHe stood there lookin' at me and I saw him smileAnd he said, Son, this world is roughAnd if a man's gonna make it, he's gotta be toughAnd I knew I wouldn't be there to help ya alongSo I give ya that name and I said goodbyeI knew you'd have to get tough or dieAnd it's the name that helped to make you strongHe said, Now you just fought one hell of a fightAnd I know you hate me, and you got the rightTo kill me now, and I wouldn't blame you if you doBut ya ought to thank me, before I dieFor the gravel in ya guts and the spit in ya eye'Cause I'm the son-of-a-bitch that named you SueI got all choked up and I threw down my gunAnd I called him my paw, and he called me his sonAnd I came away with a different point of viewAnd I think about him, now and thenEvery time I try and every time I winAnd if I ever have a son, I think I'm gonna name himâ?¦Bill or George! Anything but Sue!
Lyrics by Shel Silverstein
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