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I g ot my back t o the sun ?cause the l ight is too intense
I can see what e verybody i n the world is up against
You c an?t turn back?you c an?t come back somet imes we push too f ar
O ne day you?ll o pen up your eyes and y ou?ll see where we are
S ugar Baby get on d own the road
You ain?t g ot no brains no h ow
Y ou went years witho ut me
Might as well k eep going n ow
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S ome of these b ootleggers t hey make pretty good stuff
Plenty of places to h ide things here if you wanna hide ?em bad enough
I?m staying with Aunt S ally but you know she?s not really my a unt
Some of these memories y ou can learn to live with and some of them you can?t
S ugar Baby get on d own the road
You ain?t g ot no brains no h ow
Y ou went years witho ut me
Might as well k eep going n ow
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T he ladies down in D arktown they?re doing the Darktown Strut
You always got to be prepared but you never know for what
There ain?t no l imit to the am ount of trouble women b ring
Love is pleasing love is teasing love?s not an evil thing
S ugar Baby get on d own the road
You ain?t g ot no brains no h ow
Y ou went years witho ut me
Might as well k eep going n ow
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Every m oment of ex istence seems l ike some dirty trick
Happiness can c ome suddenly and l eave just as quick
Any minute of the day t he bubble could b urst
Try to make things better for someo ne
Sometimes you just end up m aking it a thousand times worse
S ugar Baby get on d own the road
You ain?t g ot no brains no h ow
Y ou went years witho ut me
Might as well k eep going n ow
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Y our charms have b roken many a heart and mine is surely one
Y ou got a way of t earing the world apart. Love see what you done
J ust as sure as we?re l iving just as sure as you?re b orn
Look up look up ? s eek your Maker ? ?fore Gabriel blows his horn
S ugar Baby get on d own the road
You ain?t g ot no brains no h ow
Y ou went years witho ut me
Might as well k eep going n ow
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