I got my back to the Sun,
Cuz the light is too intense
I can see what everybody
In the world is up against
You can't turn back and 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
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 want to 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

Sugar Baby get on down the line
You ain't got no brains, no how!
You went years without me,
Might as well keep going now.

The ladies down in Darktown,
They do 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

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.

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 them thousand times worse

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 a world apart,
Love, see what you've 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

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!