I got my back to the sun 'cause
the light is too intense.
I can see what everybody in
the world is up against.
You 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 we are
Chorus:
Sugar Baby get on down the road
You ain't got no brains, no how
You went years without me
Might as well keep going now
Some of these bootleggers,
they make pretty good stuff
Plenty of places to hide things
here if you wanna hide 'em bad enough
I'm staying with Aunt Sally,
but you know, she's not really my aunt
Some of these memories you can
learn to live with and some of them you can't
Chorus:
Sugar Baby get on down the line
You ain't got no brains, no how
You went years without me
You might as well keep going now
The ladies down in Darktown,
they're doing the Darktown Strut
You 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's not an evil thing
Chorus:
Sugar Baby, get on down the road
You ain't got no brains, no how
You went years without me
You might as well keep going now
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 could burst
Try to make things better for someone, sometimes,
you just end up making it a thousand times worse
Chorus:
Sugar Baby, get on down the road
You ain't got no brains, no how
You went years without me
Might as well keep going now
Your charms have broken many
a heart and mine is surely one
You got a way of tearing the world apart.
Love, see what you done
Just as sure as we're living,
just as sure as you're born
Look up, look up—seek your Maker
fore Gabriel blows his horn
Chorus:
Sugar Baby, get on down the line
You ain't got no sense, no how
You went years without me
Might as well keep going now