Sulphur to Sugarcane

[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