I've got my back
to the sun 'cause
the light is too intense
I can see what everybody
in the world is up against
Can't turn back,
you can't come back,
sometimes we push too far
One day you'll open up
your eyes and you'll see
where you are
Sugar baby get on down the road,
you ain't got no brains nohow
You went years without me,
might as well keep goin' now
<Interlude>
Some of these bootleggers,
they make pretty good stuff
Plenty of places to hide things
here if you want to hide
them bad enough
I'm staying with Aunt Sally,
but you know she not
really my aunt
Some of these memories,
you can learn to live with
and some of'em you can't
Sugar baby get on down the line,
you ain't got no brains nohow
You went years without me,
might as well keep goin' now
<Interlude>
The ladies down in Darktown,
they're doin' the Darktown strut
Y'always got to
be prepared, but
you never know for what
There ain't no limit to the
amount of trouble women bring
Love is pleasing,
love is teasing,
love not an evil thing
Sugar baby get on down the road,
you ain't got no brains nohow
You went years without me,
might as well keep goin' now
<Interlude>
Every moment of
existence seems
like some dirty trick
Happiness can come suddenly
and leave just as quick
Any minute of the day,
the bubble can burst
Try to make things better
for someone sometimes you
just end up makin' it
thousand times worse
Sugar baby get on down the road,
you ain't got no brains nohow
You went years without me,
might as well keep goin' now
<Interlude>
Your charms have
broken many a heart
and mine is surely one
You got a way of
tearin' the world apart,
love, see what you've done
Just as sure as we're livin',
just as sure as you're born
Look up look up,seek your Maker
'fore Gabriel blows his horn
Sugar baby, get on down the line
you ain't got no sense nohow
You went years without me,
might as well keep goin' now