Sioux Named Boy

Intro 
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Well my daddy left home when I was 33 
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And he didn't eat as much as momma and me 
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And he was the only Indian on the reservation named Roy 
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He'd watch them Tarzan video tapes 
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And sit there and get as drunk as an ape 
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And before he left he went and named me Boy 
 

 
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Then momma said he said I wasn't his 
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And what he said I was I can't say I guess 
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But I   I reckon I ain't no Iroquois 
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All I know is before they got a divorce 
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He said something about crazy whores 
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And   life ain't easy for a Sioux named boy 
 

 
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Well I thought I was an unfortunate lad 
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But then I grew up and I saw they had 
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A room named after where people peed 
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And all them people they came and went 
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And me I never made a cent 
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So I got to lookin' for what was comin' to me 
 

 
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And it was Bakersfield in mid-October 
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And it'd been a while since I'd been sober 
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And I hit the Palace in my blue corduroys 
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And out there dancin' in his cowboy boots 
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Just dancin' like a cheetah to the Buckaroos 
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Was that   egg-suckin Sioux that named me boy 
 

 
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Well I went up and grabbed him by the collar 
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And he said Boy give me a dollar 
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And why don't you get me and Jane a beer 
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Well about that time old Jane passed out 
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And dad went staggerin' thru the crowd 
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And I caught up with him and he said let's get out of here 
 

 
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Well we wound up splittin' a patty melt 
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And I told him just the way I felt 
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And he   he just looked at me and took another bite 
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I said what's wrong, he said I'm full 
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I said why didn't you name me Sittin' Bull 
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And he said   boy give me a light 
 

Outro 
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And he said Boy there ain't no doubt 
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After the way that you turned out 
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If I ever have another son 
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I'll name him Sweet Potato, or Two Nuts, or anything but boy 
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  We gotta work it out.