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dacjohns

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"A Boy Named Sue"

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 cause 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 o' thought that is quite a joke
And it got a lot of laughs from a' lots of folk,
It seems I had to fight my whole life through.
Some gal would giggle and I'd get red
And some guy'd laugh and I'd bust his head,
I tell ya, 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'd roam from town to town to hide my shame.
But I made a vow to the moon and stars
That I'd search the honky-tonks and bars
And kill that man who gave me that awful name.

Well, it was Gatlinburg in mid-July
And I 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,
There 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'd 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 your gonna die!!"

Well, I hit him hard right between the eyes
And he went down, but to my surprise,
He come up with a knife and cut off a piece 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 blood and the beer.

I tell ya, I've fought tougher men
But I really can't remember when,
He kicked like a mule and he bit like a crocodile.
I heard him laugh and then I heard him cuss,
He went for his gun and I pulled mine first,
He stood there lookin' 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 knew I wouldn't be there to help ya along.
So I give ya that name and I said goodbye
I knew you'd have to get tough or die
And it's the name that helped to make you strong."

He said: "Now you just fought one hell of a fight
And I know you hate me, and you got the right
To kill me now, and I wouldn't blame you if you do.
But ya ought to thank me, before I die,
For the gravel in ya guts and the spit in ya eye
Cause I'm the son-of-a-bitch that named you "Sue.'"

I got all choked up and I threw down my gun
And I called him my pa, and he called me his son,
And I came 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'm gonna name him
Bill or George! Anything but Sue! I still hate that name!
 

clstratton

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So the first song...Why Can't We Be Friends...They sing that one on the new Bridge to Terabithia movie. Good flick. Good songs. The book was written in the 70s, and so the music teacher was a bit of a hippie. The new movie is set in a more recent decade, 2007 or 2008 is when it came out, so the teacher just teaches them old songs. By the way, the music teacher is Zooey Deschanel (or however you spell it).

Request: Maxwell's Silver Hammer. Or anything else Beatles that you see fitting Poppers.
 

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Joan was quizzical, studied pataphysical
Science in the home
Late nights all alone with a test-tube
Ohh-oh-oh-oh...
Maxwell Edison majoring in medicine
Calls her on the phone
"Can I take you out to the pictures
Joa-oa-oa-oan?"
But as she's getting ready to go
A knock comes on the door...

Bang, bang, Maxwell's silver hammer
Came down upon her head
Bang, bang, Maxwell's silver hammer
Made sure that she was dead

Back in school again Maxwell plays the fool again
Teacher gets annoyed
Wishing to avoid an unpleasant sce-e-e-ene
She tells Max to stay when the class has gone away
So he waits behind
Writing 50 times "I must not be so-o-o-oo..."
But when she turns her back on the boy
He creeps up from behind

Bang, bang, Maxwell's silver hammer
Came down upon her head
Bang, bang, Maxwell's silver hammer
Made sure that she was dead

P.C. Thirty-One said "we caught a dirty one"
Maxwell stands alone
Painting testimonial pictures ohh-oh-oh-oh
Rose and Valerie screaming from the gallery
Say he must go free (Maxwell must go free)
The judge does not agree and he tells them so-o-o-oo
But as the words are leaving his lips
A noise comes from behind

Bang, bang, Maxwell's silver hammer
Came down upon his head
Bang, bang, Maxwell's silver hammer
Made sure that he was dead
 

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I have some favorites that I would love hearing.

"Baby I Have My Ups and Downs" by Otis Elevator

Or how about "I'm Looking Over My Dead Dog Rover".
 

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More Beatles for you clstratton

You get a bonus with mine - guitar chords !! :)
Yellow Submarine
The Beatles


D (C) G
In the town where I was born
(Em) Am (C) D
Lived a man who sailed to sea
(G) D (C) G
And he told us of his life
(Em) Am (C) D
In the land of submarines

(G) D (C) G
So we sailed up to the sun
(Em) Am (C) D
Till we found the sea of green
(G) D (C) G
And we lived beneath the waves
(Em) Am (C) D
In our yellow submarine

Chorus:
G D
We all live in a yellow submarine
D G
Yellow submarine, yellow submarine
G D
We all live in a yellow submarine
D G
Yellow submarine, yellow submarine

D (C) G
And our friends are all on board
(Em) Am (C) D
Many more of them live next door
(G) D (C) G (Em) Am (C) D
And the band begins to play

Chorus

(G) D (C) G
As we live a life of ease
(Em) Am (C) D
Everyone of us has all we need
(G) D (C) G
 

dacjohns

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We come on the sloop John B
My grandfather and me
Around Nassau town we did roam
Drinking all night
Got into a fight
Well I feel so broke up
I want to go home

So hoist up the John B's sail
See how the mainsail sets
Call for the Captain ashore
Let me go home, let me go home
I wanna go home, yeah yeah
Well I feel so broke up
I wanna go home

The first mate he got drunk
And broke in the Cap'n's trunk
The constable had to come and take him away
Sheriff John Stone
Why don't you leave me alone, yeah yeah
Well I feel so broke up I wanna go home

So hoist up the John B's sail
See how the mainsail sets
Call for the Captain ashore
Let me go home, let me go home
I wanna go home, let me go home
Why don't you let me go home
(Hoist up the John B's sail)
Hoist up the John B
I feel so broke up I wanna go home
Let me go home

The poor cook he caught the fits
And threw away all my grits
And then he took and he ate up all of my corn
Let me go home
Why don't they let me go home
This is the worst trip I've ever been on

So hoist up the John B's sail
See how the mainsail sets
Call for the Captain ashore
Let me go home, let me go home
I wanna go home, let me go home
Why don't you let me go home
 

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Not knowing what it was
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Not knowing what it was
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Not knowing what it was
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Forever just because

This is the song that doesn't end
It goes on and on my friend
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Not knowing what it was
And they'll continue singing it
Forever just because

This is the song that doesn't end
It goes on and on my friend
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Not knowing what it was
And they'll continue singing it
Forever just because

This is the song that doesn't end
It goes on and on my friend
Some people started singing it
Not knowing what it was
And they'll continue singing it
Forever just because

This is the song that doesn't end
It goes on and on my friend
Some people started singing it
Not knowing what it was
And they'll continue singing it
Forever just because

This is the song that doesn't end
It goes on and on my friend
Some people started singing it
Not knowing what it was
And they'll continue singing it
Forever just because

This is the song that doesn't end
It goes on and on my friend
Some people started singing it
Not knowing what it was
And they'll continue singing it
Forever just because

This is the song that doesn't end
It goes on and on my friend
Some people started singing it
Not knowing what it was
And they'll continue singing it
Forever just because

This is the song that doesn't end
It goes on and on my friend
Some people started singing it
Not knowing what it was
And they'll continue singing it
Forever just because

This is the song that doesn't end
It goes on and on my friend
Some people started singing it
Not knowing what it was
And they'll continue singing it
Forever just because

This is the song that doesn't end
It goes on and on my friend
Some people started singing it
Not knowing what it was
And they'll continue singing it
Forever just because
 
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