Intro
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[Verse]
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I got my back to the sun ’cause the light is too intense
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I can see what everybody in the world is up against
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You can’t turn back—you can’t come back, sometimes we push too far
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One day you’ll open up your eyes and you’ll see where we are
[Chorus]
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Sugar Baby get on down the road
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You ain’t got no brains, no how
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You went years without me
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Might as well keep going now
[Interlude]
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[Verse]
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Some of these bootleggers, they make pretty good stuff
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Plenty of places to hide things here if you wanna hide ’em bad enough
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I’m staying with Aunt Sally, but you know, she’s not really my aunt
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Some of these memories you can learn to live with and some of them you can’t
[Chorus]
Gsus4/D G/D
Sugar Baby get on down the road
Gm/D D
You ain’t got no brains, no how
Gsus4/D G/D
You went years without me
Gm/D D
Might as well keep going now
[Interlude]
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[Verse]
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The ladies down in Darktown, they’re doing the Darktown Strut
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You always got to be prepared but you never know for what
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There ain’t no limit to the amount of trouble women bring
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Love is pleasing, love is teasing, love’s not an evil thing
[Chorus]
Gsus4/D G/D
Sugar Baby get on down the road
Gm/D D
You ain’t got no brains, no how
Gsus4/D G/D
You went years without me
Gm/D D
Might as well keep going now
[Interlude]
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[Verse]
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Every moment of existence seems like some dirty trick
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Happiness can come suddenly and leave just as quick
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Any minute of the day the bubble could burst
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Try to make things better for someone,
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Sometimes, you just end up making it a thousand times worse
[Chorus]
Gsus4/D G/D
Sugar Baby get on down the road
Gm/D D
You ain’t got no brains, no how
Gsus4/D G/D
You went years without me
Gm/D D
Might as well keep going now
[Interlude]
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[Verse]
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Your charms have broken many a heart and mine is surely one
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You got a way of tearing the world apart. Love, see what you done
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Just as sure as we’re living, just as sure as you’re born
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Look up, look up — seek your Maker — ’fore Gabriel blows his horn
[Chorus]
Gsus4/D G/D
Sugar Baby get on down the road
Gm/D D
You ain’t got no brains, no how
Gsus4/D G/D
You went years without me
Gm/D D
Might as well keep going now
[Outro]
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