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"Sulphur to Sugarcane" is a track by Elvis Costello, from the album Secret, Profane & Sugarcane, released 9th June 2009. Full lyrics are available below.
Lyrics
[Verse 1] 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 hot-headed husbands a long, cool drink You'd better come up smelling sweet 'cause you're a long time stinking Then it's a little too late to complain It's not very far from sulphur to sugarcane [Verse 2] 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'll tell you from the borders to the waters of the Gulf You can take all the sugar, you will end up in the sulphur And you'll burn in, "Hello, baby I'm-a 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 [Bridge] 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 [Verse 3] You can go west to Texas, 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 When they can't get the grape or the grain It's not very far from sulphur to sugarcane [Instrumental Break] It's not very far from sulphur to sugarcane [Verse 5] 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 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 [Instrumental Break] It's not very far from sulphur to sugarcane [Verse 6] Up in Syracuse, I was once 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 [Outro] It's not very far, Sugar It's not very far, Sugar Pour a little sugar on it, Sugar It's not very far from sulphur to sugarcane
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