C F C It's not very far from Sulfur to SugarcaneF C Everywhere I travel the pretty girls call my nameC I give them a squeeze and they shoot me a winkC F I buy their hard-headed husbands a long cool drinkE A You better come up smelling sweet' Cause you're a long time stinkingD and it's a little too late to complainF G C It's not very far from Sulfur to Sugarcane [Verse 2]C F C Now if you catch my eye and you find that it runs down your legF C It's like striking a match pretty hard upon a powder kegC They tell you from the borders to the waters of the gulfF If you take all the sugar, you will end up in the sulfurC And you're burning, hello baby then I'm I'm pleased to meet youF I wouldn't do you wrong, honey, I wouldn't cheat you, honeyE A D G But when can I see you again? Wrap you up in cellophaneF G G It's not very far from Sulfur to Sugarcane [Bridge]F C It's not very far from Sulfur to SugarcaneContinues after the adEm When your eyes fill up with brine 'Cause you're drowning in wineAm It's like the last days of Rome with the despots and divineF G And there's no place like home For a little doll from ChinaF G It's a little too late to complainF G C It's not very far from Sulfur to Sugarcane [Verse 3]C You can go west to Texas Go east to MississippiF You can run out of money You can run out of pityC Throw open your purse Until you're crying for mercyF Go to Alabama, escape LouisianaC I'm digging like a miner North and South CarolinaF And then if you continue You will end up in VirginiaC The women in Poughkeepsie Take their clothes off when they're tipsyF But in Albany, New York They love the filthy way I talkE A Until they gargle with the finest champagneD G They can't get the grape and the grainF G C It's not very far from Sulfur to Sugarcane [Verse 3]C If I could find a piano Here in Bloomington, IndianaF I would play it with my toes Until the girls all take their clothes offC Up in Syracuse, I was falsely accusedF But I'm not here to hurt you I'm here to steal your virtueC Down in Bridgeport The women will kill you for sportF But in Worcester, Massachusetts They love my sauceC The women in Poughkeepsie Take their clothes off when they're tipsyF But I hear in Ypsilanti They don't wear any pantiesE A Once they gargle with the finest champagneD G They hitch up their skirts and exclaimF G It's not very far, sugarF G It's not very far, sugarF G Pour a little sugar on me, sugarF G It's not very far from Sulfur to Sugarcane [Other]C F C F C F C F C Oh ,do, do, do, do, do, do, do ,do, do, do, do, do.
Sulphur To Sugarcane
Elvis Costello
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