Sulphur to Sugarcane

Album: The Secret The Profane And Sugarcane (2009)
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  • It's not very far from sulfur to sugar cane
    Everywhere I travel 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 sulfur to sugar cane

    Now if you catch my eye and it seems to run 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 sulfur
    And you're burning
    Hello baby I'm pleased to meet ya
    I wouldn't do you wrong, honey
    I wouldn't cheat ya, honey
    When can I see you again?
    Wrap you up in cellophane
    It's not very far from sulfur to sugar cane
    It's not very far from sulfur to sugar cane

    Then your eyes fill up with brine
    When 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 sulfur to sugar cane

    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 Writer/s: DECLAN PATRICK ALOYIUS MACMANUS, T-BONE BURNETT
    Publisher: BMG Rights Management, Spirit Music Group
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