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<noinclude>{{Lyrics for|Sulphur To Sugarcane}}</noinclude>
<noinclude>{{Lyrics for|Sulphur To Sugarcane}}</noinclude>
It's not very far from sulfur to sugar cane<br>
It's not very far from Sulphur to Sugarcane<br>
Everywhere I travel pretty girls call my name<br>
Everywhere I travel the pretty girls call my name<br>
I give them a squeeze and they shoot me a wink<br>
I give them a squeeze and they shoot me a wink<br>
I buy their hard-headed husbands a long cool drink<br>
I buy their hard-headed husbands a long cool drink<br>
You better come up smelling sweet 'cos you're a long time stinking<br>
You better come up smelling sweet 'cos you're a long time stinking<br>
It's a little too late to complain<br>
It's a little too late to complain<br>
It's not very far from sulfur to sugar cane<br>
It's not very far from Sulphur to Sugarcane<br>
<br>
<br>
Now if you catch my eye and it seems to run down your leg<br>
Now if you catch my eye and you find that it runs down your leg<br>
It's like striking a match pretty hard upon a powder keg<br>
It's like striking a match pretty hard upon a powder keg<br>
They tell you from the borders to the waters of the gulf<br>
They tell you from the borders to the waters of the gulf<br>
If you take all the sugar you will end up in the sulfur<br>
If you take all the sugar you will end up in the sulphur<br>
And you're burning<br>
And you're burning<br>
Hello baby I'm pleased to meet ya<br>
Hello baby I'm pleased to meet you<br>
I wouldn't do you wrong, honey<br>
I wouldn't do you wrong, honey<br>
I wouldn't cheat ya, honey<br>
I wouldn't cheat you, honey<br>
When can I see you again?<br>
When can I see you again?<br>
Wrap you up in cellophane<br>
Wrap you up in cellophane<br>
It's not very far from sulfur to sugar cane<br>
It's not very far from Sulphur to Sugarcane<br>
It's not very far from sulfur to sugar cane<br>
<br>
<br>
Then your eyes fill up with brine<br>
It's not very far from Sulphur to Sugarcane<br>
When you're drowning in wine<br>
When your eyes fill up with brine<br>
'Cause you're drowning in wine<br>
It's like the last days of Rome<br>
It's like the last days of Rome<br>
With the despots and divine<br>
With the despots and divine<br>
And there's no place like home for a little doll from China<br>
And there's no place like home for a little doll from China<br>
It's a little too late to complain<br>
It's a little too late to complain<br>
It's not very far from sulfur to sugar cane<br>
It's not very far from Sulphur to Sugarcane<br>
<br>
<br>
You can go west to Texas<br>
You can go west to Texas<br>
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And then if you continue you will end up in Virginia<br>
And then if you continue you will end up in Virginia<br>
<br>
<br>
''(lyrics sung [[Concert 2007-09-29 Kingston|2007-09-29]] in Kingston, Rhode Island:)''<br>
I said rape or water torture<br>
All the way through Georgia<br>
I tried to shake the hand<br>
Of everyone in every land<br>
And even if they shoot us<br>
Down there in Massachusetts<br>
I'm singing and I'm smiling<br>
Right here in Rhode Island<br>
<br>
''(lyrics sung [[Concert 2007-09-30 Bridgeport|2007-09-30]] in Bridgeport, Connecticut:)''<br>
Even though they tried to shoot us<br>
On the way from Massachusetts<br>
I heard the women will kill you for sport<br>
Right here in Bridgeport<br>
<br>
''(lyrics sung [[Concert 2007-10-02 Worcester|2007-10-02]] in Worcester, Massachusetts:)''<br>
The women in Bridgeport<br>
Will kill you for sport<br>
But in Worcester, Massachusetts<br>
They love my sauce<br>
<br>
''(lyrics sung [[Concert 2007-10-04 Portland|2007-10-04]] in Portland, Maine:)''<br>
The women in Bridgeport<br>
Will kill you for sport<br>
But in Portland, Maine<br>
I hear they got no shame<br>
<br>
''(lyrics sung [[Concert 2007-10-05 Manchester|2007-10-05]] in Manchester, New Hampshire:)''<br>
I heard the women in New Hampshire<br>
They love adventure<br>
They look quite fancy<br>
But they don't wear no pants<br>
<br>
''(lyrics sung [[Concert 2007-10-06 Albany|2007-10-06]] in Albany, New York & [[Concert 2007-10-09 Rochester|2007-10-09]] in Rochester, New York:)''<br>
The women in Poughkeepsie<br>
The women in Poughkeepsie<br>
Take their clothes off when they're tipsy<br>
Take their clothes off when they're tipsy<br>
But in [Albany/Rochester], New York<br>
But in Albany, New York<br>
They love the filthy way I talk<br>
They love the filthy way I talk<br>
Until they gargle with the finest champagne<br>
They can't get the grape and the grain<br>
It's not very far from Sulphur to Sugarcane<br>
<br>
<br>
''(lyrics sung [[Concert 2007-10-08 Syracuse|2007-10-08]] in Syracuse, New York:)''<br>
It's not very far from Sulphur to Sugarcane<br>
Here in Syracuse<br>
If I could find a piano<br>
I might get falsely accused<br>
Here in Bloomington, Indiana<br>
I'm not here to hurt you<br>
I would play it with my toes<br>
Until the girls all take their clothes off<br>
The women knock upon my door in odd and even numbers<br>
But none of them as wild as I've discovered in Columbus<br>
I gave up married women 'cause I heard it was a sin<br>
But now I'm back in Pittsburgh, I might take it up again<br>
Because they gargle with the finest champagne<br>
They can't get the grape and the grain<br>
It's not very far from Sulphur to Sugarcane<br>
<br>
It's not very far from Sulphur to Sugarcane<br>
Up in Syracuse<br>
I was falsely accused<br>
But I'm not here to hurt you<br>
I'm here to steal your virtue<br>
I'm here to steal your virtue<br>
Down in Bridgeport<br>
The women will kill you for sport<br>
But in Worcester, Massachusetts<br>
They love my sauce<br>
<br>
<br>
''(lyrics sung [[Concert 2007-10-12 Ypsilanti|2007-10-12]] in Ypsilanti, Michigan:)''<br>
The women in Poughkeepsie<br>
The women in Poughkeepsie<br>
Take their clothes off when they're tipsy<br>
Take their clothes off when they're tipsy<br>
But I hear in Ypsilanti<br>
But I hear in Ypsilanti<br>
They don't wear any panties<br>
They don't wear any panties<br>
<br>
Once they gargle with the finest champagne<br>
''(lyrics sung [[Concert 2007-10-16 Dayton|2007-10-16]] in Dayton, Ohio:)''<br>
They hitch up their skirts and exclaim<br>
The women in Poughkeepsie<br>
Take their clothes off when they're tipsy<br>
But the girls in Dayton, Ohio<br>
Say that's something I'd like to try<br>
<br>
''(lyrics sung [[Concert 2007-10-19 Bloomington, Indiana|2007-10-19]] in Bloomington, Indiana:)''<br>
But if I could find a piano<br>
Here in Bloomington, Indiana<br>
I would play it with my toes<br>
Until the girls took off their clothes<br>
<br>
''(lyrics sung [[Concert 2007-10-20 Bloomington, Illinois|2007-10-20]] in Bloomington, Illinois:)''<br>
There's a woman in El Paso<br>
That I'd dearly love to lasso<br>
But in Bloomington and Normal<br>
The girls are far more formal<br>
<br>
''(lyrics sung [[Concert 2007-10-22 St. Louis|2007-10-22]] in St. Louis, Missouri:)''<br>
The women in Poughkeepsie<br>
Take their clothes off when they're tipsy<br>
I hear there are one or two<br>
Who do the same here in St. Louis<br>
<br>
''(lyrics sung [[Concert 2007-10-24 Iowa City|2007-10-24]] in Iowa City, Iowa:)''<br>
The women in these places<br>
Are too sober and too straitlaced<br>
But the girls in Iowa City<br>
Form a welcoming committee<br>
<br>
''(lyrics sung [[Concert 2007-10-26 Omaha|2007-10-26]] in Omaha, Nebraska:)''<br>
Where the women are either wild or chilly as Alaska<br>
But none of them as hot as the girls here in Nebraska<br>
<br>
''(lyrics sung [[Concert 2007-10-27 Chicago|2007-10-27]], [[Concert 2007-10-28 Chicago|2007-10-28]] & [[Concert 2007-10-29 Chicago|2007-10-29]] in Chicago, Illinois:)''<br>
The women in these places say I'd never go that far<br>
But that's not what I hear about the girls here in Chicago<br>
<br>
Where they gargle with the finest champagne<br>
They tear off their clothes and exclaim *<br>
It's not very far, sugar<br>
It's not very far, sugar<br>
It's not very far, sugar<br>
It's not very far, sugar<br>
Pour a little sugar on me, sugar<br>
Pour a little sugar on me, sugar<br>
It's not very far from sulfur to sugar cane<br>
It's not very far from Sulphur to Sugarcane<br>
<br>
''(* alternate line in early performances:)''<br>
They can't get the grape and the grain<br>

Latest revision as of 21:54, 2 May 2009

lyrics for
Sulphur To Sugarcane

It's not very far from Sulphur to Sugarcane
Everywhere I travel the pretty girls call my name
I give them a squeeze and they shoot me a wink
I buy their hard-headed husbands a long cool drink
You better come up smelling sweet 'cos you're a long time stinking
It's a little too late to complain
It's not very far from Sulphur to Sugarcane

Now if you catch my eye and you find that it runs down your leg
It's like striking a match pretty hard upon a powder keg
They tell you from the borders to the waters of the gulf
If you take all the sugar you will end up in the sulphur
And you're burning
Hello baby I'm pleased to meet you
I wouldn't do you wrong, honey
I wouldn't cheat you, honey
When can I see you again?
Wrap you up in cellophane
It's not very far from Sulphur to Sugarcane

It's not very far from Sulphur to Sugarcane
When your eyes fill up with brine
'Cause you're drowning in wine
It's like the last days of Rome
With the despots and divine
And there's no place like home for a little doll from China
It's a little too late to complain
It's not very far from Sulphur to Sugarcane

You can go west to Texas
Go east to Mississippi
You can run out of money
You can run out of pity
Throw open your purse until you're crying for mercy
Go to Alabama
Escape Louisiana
I'm digging like a miner North and South Carolina
And then if you continue you will end up in Virginia

The women in Poughkeepsie
Take their clothes off when they're tipsy
But in Albany, New York
They love the filthy way I talk
Until they gargle with the finest champagne
They can't get the grape and the grain
It's not very far from Sulphur to Sugarcane

It's not very far from Sulphur to Sugarcane
If I could find a piano
Here in Bloomington, Indiana
I would play it with my toes
Until the girls all take their clothes off
The women knock upon my door in odd and even numbers
But none of them as wild as I've discovered in Columbus
I gave up married women 'cause I heard it was a sin
But now I'm back in Pittsburgh, I might take it up again
Because they gargle with the finest champagne
They can't get the grape and the grain
It's not very far from Sulphur to Sugarcane

It's not very far from Sulphur to Sugarcane
Up in Syracuse
I was falsely accused
But I'm not here to hurt you
I'm here to steal your virtue
Down in Bridgeport
The women will kill you for sport
But in Worcester, Massachusetts
They love my sauce

The women in Poughkeepsie
Take their clothes off when they're tipsy
But I hear in Ypsilanti
They don't wear any panties
Once they gargle with the finest champagne
They hitch up their skirts and exclaim
It's not very far, sugar
It's not very far, sugar
Pour a little sugar on me, sugar
It's not very far from Sulphur to Sugarcane