Sookie Sookie Lyrics

Lyric discussion by tv316 

Cover art for Sookie Sookie lyrics by Steppenwolf

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!

I first heard this song when I was 17 back in 1983. My first instinct was to think it stupid because "sookie" wasn't a word I had ever heard before. I'm 43 now and I still haven't heard that word used anywhere but in this song. I have always thought the lyrics must actually be "suck me, suck me, suck me, suck me, suck me, suck me, Sue" and the spelling of the title was changed to the nonsensical "sookie" in order for the band to conveniently avoid any potential censorship-related entanglements.

Then again, the word "sookie"...