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Well, my daddy left home when
And he didn't leave much to
Just this old guitar and an empty
Now, I don't blame him cause he
But the meanest thing that
Was before he left, he went and
Well, he must of thought it was
And it got a lot of laughs from a'
It seems I had to fight my
Some gal would giggle and I'd
And some guy would laugh and I'd
I tell ya, life ain't easy for a
Well, I grew up quick and I
My fist got hard and my
I'd roam from town to town to hide
But I made me a vow to the
That I'd search the
And kill that man who gave me that
Well, it was Gatlinburg in
And I just hit town and my throat
I thought I'd stop and have myself
At an old saloon on a
There at a table,
Sat the dirty, mangy dog that
Well, I knew that snake was my own
From a worn-out picture that my
And I knew that scar on his cheek and his
He was big and bent and
And I looked at him and my blood
And I said: 'My name is 'Sue!' How do you do! Now you're
Yeah, that's what I told him. Well, I hit him hard right
And he went down, but
He come up with a knife and cut off a piece
But I busted a chair right across
And we crashed through the wall and
Kicking and a' gouging in the mud and the
I tell ya, I've fought
But I really can't
He kicked like a mule and he bit
I heard him laugh and then I
He went for his gun and I
He stood there lookin' at me and I
And he said: 'Son, this
And if a man's gonna make it, he's
And I know I wouldn't be there to
So I give ya that name and I
I knew you'd have to get
And it's that name that helped to
Yeah, he said: 'Now you just fought one
And I know you hate me, and you
To kill me now, and I wouldn't blame you
But ya ought to thank me, before
For the gravel in your guts and the
Cause I'm the son-of-a-bitch that
Yeah, what did I do? What could I do? I got all choked up and I threw down
And I called him my pa, and he called
And I came away with a different
And I think about him, now and then, Every time I try and every
And if I ever have a son, I think I'm gonna name him
I still
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