Sulphur to Sugarcane

Song Sulphur to Sugarcane
Artist Elvis Costello
Album Secret, Profane and Sugarcane

Lyrics

[00:00.00] Elvis Costello - Sulphur To Sugarcane
[00:01.50]
[00:04.18] It's not very far from Sulphur to Sugarcane
[00:12.94] 'Cos everywhere I travel pretty girls call my name
[00:21.37] I give ‘em as squeeze and they shoot me a wink
[00:25.02] I buy their hot-headed husbands a long cool drink
[00:29.56] You'd better come up smelling sweet
[00:31.65] 'cos you're a long time stinking
[00:33.98] Then it's a little too late to complain
[00:38.65] It's not very far from Sulphur to Sugarcane
[00:43.62]
[00:46.70] Now if you catch my eye
[00:48.78] and you find that it runs down your leg
[00:54.71] It's like striking a match pretty hard upon a powder keg
[01:04.42] They'll tell you from the borders to the waters in the Gulf
[01:08.21] And if you take all the sugar you'll end up in the sulphur
[01:12.50] And you'll burn in...
[01:13.70] "Hello, baby I'm a pleased to meet you"
[01:17.21] "I wouldn't do you wrong, honey"
[01:19.79] "I wouldn't cheat you, honey'"
[01:21.82] "When can I see you again?"
[01:26.14] "Wrap you up in cellophane"
[01:30.52] It's not very far from Sulphur to Sugarcane...
[01:37.18]
[01:39.27] It's not very far from Sulphur to Sugarcane...
[01:46.23]
[01:47.59] And your eyes fill up with brine
[01:52.04] Because you're drowning in wine
[01:56.34] It's like the last days of Rome
[02:00.85] With the despots and divine
[02:05.20] There's no place like home
[02:07.56] For a little doll from China
[02:10.02] It's a little too late to complain
[02:14.65] It's not very far from Sulphur to Sugarcane
[02:20.26]
[02:22.89] You can go west to Texas
[02:25.05] Go east to Mississippi
[02:27.00] You can run out of money
[02:29.40] You can run out of pity
[02:31.41] Throw open your purse
[02:33.72] Until you're crying for mercy
[02:35.89] Go to Alabama
[02:38.39] Escape Louisiana
[02:40.41] I'm digging like a miner
[02:42.36] North and South Carolina
[02:44.35] And then if you continue
[02:46.71] You will end up in Virginia
[02:48.81] The woman in Poughkeepsie
[02:50.85] Take their clothes off when they're tipsy
[02:53.13] But in Albany, New York
[02:55.11] They love the filthy way I talk
[02:57.05] As they gargle with the finest champagne
[03:02.14] When they can't get the grape or the grain
[03:06.62] 'Cos it's not very far from Sulphur to Sugarcane
[03:12.09]
[03:33.32] 'Cos it's not very far from Sulphur to Sugarcane
[03:37.76]
[03:41.90] If I could find a piano
[03:43.64] Here in Bloomington, Indiana
[03:45.35] I would play it with my toes
[03:47.65] Until the girls all take their clothes off
[03:50.08] Woman knock upon my door
[03:52.31] In odd and even numbers
[03:54.43] But none of them as wild as I discovered in Columbus
[03:59.15] I gave up married women
[04:01.10] 'Cause I heard it was a sin
[04:03.13] But now I'm back in Pittsburgh,
[04:05.21] I might take them up again
[04:07.40] Because they gargle with the finest champagne
[04:12.24] When they can't get the grape or the grain
[04:16.22] 'Cos it's not very far from Sulphur to Sugarcane
[04:22.01]
[04:42.97] 'Cos it's not very far from Sulphur to Sugarcane
[04:47.85]
[04:51.84] Up in Syracuse
[04:52.93] I was once falsely accused
[04:55.50] But I'm not here to hurt you
[04:57.83] I'mhere to steal your
[05:00.57] Down in Bridgeport
[05:02.00] The woman will kill you for sport
[05:04.68] But inWorcester, Massachusetts
[05:06.66] They just love my sauce
[05:09.40] The woman in Poughkeepsie
[05:11.17] Take their clothes off when they're tipsy
[05:13.44] But I hear in Ypsilanti
[05:15.53] They don't wear any panties...
[05:17.71] Once they gargle with the finest champagne
[05:22.78] They hitch up their skirts and exclaim
[05:27.22] It's not very far, Sugar
[05:31.67] It's not very far, Sugar
[05:40.71] It's not very far from Sulphur to Sugarcane
[05:46.11]

Pinyin

[00:00.00] Elvis Costello Sulphur To Sugarcane
[00:01.50]
[00:04.18] It' s not very far from Sulphur to Sugarcane
[00:12.94] ' Cos everywhere I travel pretty girls call my name
[00:21.37] I give ' em as squeeze and they shoot me a wink
[00:25.02] I buy their hotheaded husbands a long cool drink
[00:29.56] You' d better come up smelling sweet
[00:31.65] ' cos you' re a long time stinking
[00:33.98] Then it' s a little too late to complain
[00:38.65] It' s not very far from Sulphur to Sugarcane
[00:43.62]
[00:46.70] Now if you catch my eye
[00:48.78] and you find that it runs down your leg
[00:54.71] It' s like striking a match pretty hard upon a powder keg
[01:04.42] They' ll tell you from the borders to the waters in the Gulf
[01:08.21] And if you take all the sugar you' ll end up in the sulphur
[01:12.50] And you' ll burn in...
[01:13.70] " Hello, baby I' m a pleased to meet you"
[01:17.21] " I wouldn' t do you wrong, honey"
[01:19.79] " I wouldn' t cheat you, honey'"
[01:21.82] " When can I see you again?"
[01:26.14] " Wrap you up in cellophane"
[01:30.52] It' s not very far from Sulphur to Sugarcane...
[01:37.18]
[01:39.27] It' s not very far from Sulphur to Sugarcane...
[01:46.23]
[01:47.59] And your eyes fill up with brine
[01:52.04] Because you' re drowning in wine
[01:56.34] It' s like the last days of Rome
[02:00.85] With the despots and divine
[02:05.20] There' s no place like home
[02:07.56] For a little doll from China
[02:10.02] It' s a little too late to complain
[02:14.65] It' s not very far from Sulphur to Sugarcane
[02:20.26]
[02:22.89] You can go west to Texas
[02:25.05] Go east to Mississippi
[02:27.00] You can run out of money
[02:29.40] You can run out of pity
[02:31.41] Throw open your purse
[02:33.72] Until you' re crying for mercy
[02:35.89] Go to Alabama
[02:38.39] Escape Louisiana
[02:40.41] I' m digging like a miner
[02:42.36] North and South Carolina
[02:44.35] And then if you continue
[02:46.71] You will end up in Virginia
[02:48.81] The woman in Poughkeepsie
[02:50.85] Take their clothes off when they' re tipsy
[02:53.13] But in Albany, New York
[02:55.11] They love the filthy way I talk
[02:57.05] As they gargle with the finest champagne
[03:02.14] When they can' t get the grape or the grain
[03:06.62] ' Cos it' s not very far from Sulphur to Sugarcane
[03:12.09]
[03:33.32] ' Cos it' s not very far from Sulphur to Sugarcane
[03:37.76]
[03:41.90] If I could find a piano
[03:43.64] Here in Bloomington, Indiana
[03:45.35] I would play it with my toes
[03:47.65] Until the girls all take their clothes off
[03:50.08] Woman knock upon my door
[03:52.31] In odd and even numbers
[03:54.43] But none of them as wild as I discovered in Columbus
[03:59.15] I gave up married women
[04:01.10] ' Cause I heard it was a sin
[04:03.13] But now I' m back in Pittsburgh,
[04:05.21] I might take them up again
[04:07.40] Because they gargle with the finest champagne
[04:12.24] When they can' t get the grape or the grain
[04:16.22] ' Cos it' s not very far from Sulphur to Sugarcane
[04:22.01]
[04:42.97] ' Cos it' s not very far from Sulphur to Sugarcane
[04:47.85]
[04:51.84] Up in Syracuse
[04:52.93] I was once falsely accused
[04:55.50] But I' m not here to hurt you
[04:57.83] I' mhere to steal your
[05:00.57] Down in Bridgeport
[05:02.00] The woman will kill you for sport
[05:04.68] But inWorcester, Massachusetts
[05:06.66] They just love my sauce
[05:09.40] The woman in Poughkeepsie
[05:11.17] Take their clothes off when they' re tipsy
[05:13.44] But I hear in Ypsilanti
[05:15.53] They don' t wear any panties...
[05:17.71] Once they gargle with the finest champagne
[05:22.78] They hitch up their skirts and exclaim
[05:27.22] It' s not very far, Sugar
[05:31.67] It' s not very far, Sugar
[05:40.71] It' s not very far from Sulphur to Sugarcane
[05:46.11]