SEARCH HERE: BROWSE 409412 LYRICS BY ARTIST/BAND NAME: #A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z SITE MENU Last Updates Request Lyrics Submit / Correct Popularity Charts VISITORS Login / Register Your Thoughts My Playlists [ More Flatt And Scruggs lyrics ] add to playlist     see a mistake?    comment Artist/Band: Flatt And Scruggs Lyrics for Song: Boy Named Sue Lyrics for Album: Other Songs - Flatt And Scruggs Boy Named Sue Well my daddy left home when I was three And he didn't leave much for 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 laughs from a lot of folks It seems I had to fight my whole life through Some gal would giggle and I'd get red Some guy would laugh 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 keen I roamed from town to town to hide my shame Well I made my vows to the moon and stars I'd search the honky tonks and the bars And kill that man that gave me that awful name Well it was Gatlinsburg in mid July And I just hit town and my throat was dry I'd thought I'd stop and have myself a brew At an old saloon on a street of mud There at a table dealing stud Sat that dirty mangy dog that named me Sue Well I knew that sneak was my own sweet dad From a wornout picture that my mother had And I knew that scar on his cheek and his evil eye He was big and bent and gray 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 hard right between the eyes And he went down but to my surprice He came up with a knife and cut off a piece of my ear Well I busted a chair right across his teeth And we crashed through the wall and into the street Kickin' and a gougin' in the mud and the blood and the beer I tell you I've fought tougher men But I really can't remember when He kicked like a mule and bit like a crocodile I heard him laug and I heard him cuss 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 tough And I know I wouldn't be there to help you along So I gave you that name and I said goodbye I knew you'd have to get tough or die And it's that name that helped to make you strong He said you fought one heck of a fight And I know you hate me and you've got the right To kill me now I wouldn't blame you if you do But you oughta thank me before I die For the gravel in your guts and the spit in your eye For I'm the son of a bitch that named you Sue (Lester what the hell that you say) Yeah what could I do I got all choked up and I threw down the gun Called him a Pa and he called me son And I come away with a different point of view And I think about him now and then Every time I try and every time I win And if I ever have a son I think I'll name him Well I ain't gonna name him Sue I'm gonna call him Johnny Cash Album Lyrics: Other Songs - Flatt And Scruggs Flatt And Scruggs "Other Songs - Flatt And Scruggs" 1. A Hundred Years From Now 2. Angel Band 3. Another Ride With Clyde 4. Atlantic Coastal Line 5. Baby Blue Eyes 6. Back To The Cross 7. Barrow Gang Will Get You Little Man 8. Before I Met You 10. Big Black Train 11. Blowin' In The Wind 12. Blue Ridge Cabin Home 13. Bound To Ride 14. Boy Named Sue 15. Branded Wherever I Go 16. Bringin' In The Georgia Mail 17. Bummin' On Old Freight Train 18. Cabin In Caroline 19. Cabin On The Hill 21. Coal Miner's Blues 22. Come Back Darling 23. Confessing 24. Cora Is Gone 25. Cryin' Holy Unto The Lord 26. Cryin' My Heart Out Over You 27. Crying Alone 28. Darlin' Corey 29. Detroit City 30. Dig A Little Deeper In The Well 31. Dim Lights Thick Smoke 32. Dixie Home 33. Doin' My Time 34. Don't Get Above Your Raisin' 35. Don't Let Your Deal Go Down 36. Don't Think Twice It's All Right 37. Don't This Road Look Rough And Rocky 38. Down The Road 39. Drowned In The Deep Blue Sea 42. East Bound Train 43. Faded Red Ribbon 46. Flint Hill Special 47. Foggy Mountain Top 48. Folsom Prison Blues 50. Four Strong Winds 51. Gentle On My Mind 52. Girl From The North Country 53. Give Me Flowers While I'm Living 54. Give Mother My Crown 55. God Loves His Children 56. Going Across The Sea 57. Gonna Settle Down 58. Good Things (Outweight The Bad) 59. Good Times Are Past And Gone 61. Hard Travelin' 64. Hello Stranger 65. Homestead On The Farm 66. Honey Just Allow Me One More Chance 67. Hot Corn, Cold Corn 68. Houston 70. I Know What It Means To Be Lonesome 71. I Saw Mother With God Last Night 72. I Still Miss Someone 73. I Walk The Line 74. I Wonder Where You Are Tonight 75. I'd Rather Be Alone 76. I'll Be Going To Heaven Sometime 77. I'll Be No Man's Wife 78. I'll Be Your Baby Tonight 79. I'll Go Stepping Too 80. I'll Just Pretend 81. I'll Never Love Another 82. I'll Stay Around 83. I'll Take The Blame 84. I'm Gonna Ride That Steamboat 85. I'm Head Over Heels In Love 86. I'm On My Way To Canaan's Land 87. I'm Traveling On And On 88. I'm Troubled 89. I'm Waiting To Hear You Call Me Darling 90. I've Just Seen The Rock Of Ages 91. If I Should Wander Back Tonight 92. If I Were A Carpenter 93. Is It Too Late Now 94. It Ain't Me Babe 95. It Takes One To Know One 96. It Won't Be Long 97. Jackson 98. Jimmy Brown The Newsboy 99. Joy Bells Ringing In My Soul 100. Kansas City 101. Keep On The Sunny Side 102. Last Public Hanging In West Virginia 103. Legend Of The Johnson Boys 105. Let Those Brown Eyes Smile At Me 106. Like A Rolling Stone 107. Maggie's Farm 108. Martha White Theme 110. Memphis Tennessee 111. Mr. Tambourine Man 112. My Little Girl In Tennessee 114. My Saro Jane 117. Nine Pound Hammer 118. Ninety Nine Years Is Almost For Life 119. No Mother In This World 120. Ode To Billie Joe 123. Old Salty Dog 124. On The Rock Where Moses Stood 126. One Too Many Mornings 127. Over The Hills To The Poor House 127. Pearl, Pearl, Pearl 127. Philadelphia Lawyer 127. Picture Of Bonnie 127. Please Don't Wake Me 127. Polka On A Banjo 127. Prayer Bells Of Heaven 127. Preachin' Prayin' Singin' 127. Rainy Day Women Numbers 12 And 35 127. Reunion In Heaven 127. Rock Salt And Nails 127. Rollin' In My Sweet Baby's Arms 127. Rose Conelly 127. Roust-A-Bout 127. Ruby Don't Take Your Love To Town 127. Shuckin' The Corn 127. So Happy I'll Be 127. Some Old Day 127. Somehow Tonight 127. Someone Took My Place With You 127. Southbound 127. Starlight On The Rails 127. Stone The Builders Refused 127. Storms Are On The Ocean 127. Sun's Gonna Shine In My Backdoor Someday 127. Take Me Back To Tulsa 127. Take Me In Your Lifeboat 127. Take This Hammer 127. Ten Miles From Natchez 127. That Old Book Of Mine 127. The Ballad Of Jed Clampett 127. The Beverly Hillbillies 127. Thinking About You 127. This Land Is Your Land 127. Til The End Of The World Rolls Round 127. Times They Are A Changin' 127. Tis Sweet To Be Remembered 127. Train That Carried My Baby From Town 127. Troublesome Waters 127. Wabash Cannonball 127. Wait For The Sunshine 127. Wanted Man 127. We'll Meet Again Sweetheart 127. When I Left East Virginia 127. When Papa Played The Dobro 127. When The Angels Carry Me Home 127. When The Saints Go Marching In 127. When You Are Lonely 127. Where Have All The Flowers Gone 127. Who Will Sing For Me 127. Why Don't You Tell Me So 127. Will The Roses Bloom 127. Will You Be Lonesome Too 127. Worried Man Blues 127. Wreck Of The Old 97 127. You Can Feel It In Your Soul 127. You're Gonna Miss Me When I'm Gone 127. You're Not A Drop In The Bucket 127. You've Been Fooling Me Baby 127. Your Love Is Like A Flower