AllMusic critic Bruce Eder and Chip Madinger and Mark Easter instead recognise humour in Harrison's lyrics. Writing for Rough Guides, Chris Ingham views this track and "Try Some, Buy Some" as "wry, reasonable digs at symptoms of what Harrison sees as a diseased world", while Hugh Fielder of "Classic Rock" magazine recognises the song's place on its parent album, in that the legal wrangling "explains his retreat from the material world". Blogcritics' Chaz Lipp considers "the sinewy 'Sue Me, Sue You Blues'" to be among the highlights of "Material World" and a song that "rankright alongside Harrison's best work".