Let it hang out baby, let it hang out now, now na-na now
Let it hang out baby, everybody work out
Sookie, sookie, sookie, sookie, sookie, sookie, Sue

Let it hang out baby, do the Baltimore jig
Let it hang out baby, boomerang with me
Sookie, sookie, sookie, sookie, sookie, sookie, Sue

Really got it bad child, drink a bottle of turpentine
When you wake up in the morning, feelin' kinda fine
Let it hang out baby, let it hang out now, now na-na now

You better watch your step girl, don't step on that banana peel
If your foot should ever hit it, you'll go up to the ceiling
Hang it in baby, hang it in baby
Sookie, sookie, sookie, sookie, sookie, sookie, Sue

Let it hang out baby, let it hang out now, now na-na now
Let it hang out baby, everybody work out
Hang it in baby, hang it in baby, hang it in baby
Sookie, sookie, sookie, sookie, sookie, sookie, Sue


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    General Comment

    You kids are all off your arses.....listen to the old blues/race records!!! learn some of the older "jive".......not rap!! then you will understand the lyrics....bottle of turpentine, banana peel, baltimore jig- all black expressions from the 1940's

    oreokookieon November 29, 2022   Link
  • 0
    General Comment

    The guitar solo is about my only favorite part of "Sookie Sookie".

    Pink_Floyd_fanon May 06, 2007   Link
  • 0
    General Comment

    I don't think he's saying sookie. He wants Sue to do something else entirely. "Let it hand out baby" "Don't step on that banana peel". "Drink a bottle of turpentine, When you wake up in the morning, Feelin' kinda fine" - He just roofied her here because she wouldn't suckhim, suckhim, suckhim, suckhim, suckhim, SUE!

    tv316on February 08, 2008   Link
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    My Opinion

    One of the dumbest songs I've ever heard. Makes absolutely no sense. Sounds like somebody came up with some music and lazily threw some lyrics on top, maybe in a drunken state. Maybe it was just an F.U. to the listeners. Who knows!

    gregorybrianon March 29, 2009   Link
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    General Comment

    "Sookie" is a somewhat rare nickname for "Sue/Susan/Suzy" etc. In this tune, may have used the name to take advantage to sound like "Suckie", etc.

    danny10695on March 15, 2019   Link
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    My Opinion

    A friend tried to convince me they are saying "suck me" Sue. If you listen closely it almost sounds like it, but they would never do that. They would do anything for love though.

    alexscarfoneon January 26, 2022   Link
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    General Comment

    It would take only a nudge to transform "sookie" into "suck it." If you listen close with headphones, I defy you to tell me which one John Kay is actually singing. This was from an era where bands had great fun getting things past the censors, so there\'s that too. \n\nI guess in the long run, I have to give a vote to the user that said these lyrics were possibly a drunken afterthought to a decent flipside for Magic Carpet Ride, circa 1969, lol.

    spearsgon February 04, 2022   Link
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    General Comment

    A lot of the 60s bands were covering older black blues classics. They were awesome. Sounds like John Kay was talking about dancing to some blues rock. At the same time there was a lot of censorship back then. I had the album as a young kid. Loved it with Born to be wild as the main song. I think Mr Kay went from talkin blues into very fast lyrics. Definitely sounds like he’s sayin Suck it Suck it soon!

    CjTomon March 04, 2023   Link

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