[Mister]
Where my shirt
Where my hat
Where you put my braces at
Fix my tie, press my pants
Ugly man ain't got no chance
[Woman]
What is you fussing for, Mister
What you care about 'sides yourself
[Mister:]
Silly head full o' rocks
There's holes in my Sunday socks
[Jarene]
Shug Avery comin' to town
Shug Avery comin' to town
[Ladies]
Lock up all your mens
And your young boys, too
Shug ain't got no friends
'Cept the ones she screw
Mister & Ladies
Shug Avery comin' to town
Shug comin'! Mmmm, gonna get me
Shug comin'! Some sugar tonight!
[Woman]
Sharp as a tack
With your hair slicked back
Spit on your shoes, what you tryin' to do
[Ladies]
That mister sho do shine
When Shug come cross that county line
[Men]
Ain't no other woman like Shug
Like Shug
Oh lord, let me cross
Into her promised land
[Ladies]
Drinking the gin
Loving all the mens
Strumpet in a short skirt
Got no pride
[Males]
Bumping in the shed
Bouncing in the bed
[Townfolk]
Don't you know it ain't no lie
[Ladies, Townfolk & Mister]
Shug Avery comin' to town
[Woman]
Got about a million questions
Crawling around my head
What she wear
How her hair
Is she skinny
Is she stout
Must be something to fuss about
[Ladies]
Shug Avery bring down this town
[Church Mama]
Fire and brimstone raining down
Oh, she coming, coming
[Males]
Shug Avery heat up this town
[Church Mama]
She gonna turn into a pillar of salt
Oh, no, no, no
[Ensemble, Ladies]
Shug Avery she back in town
[Ladies]
Ooh, that Shug
You know she no good:
A snake in the woods
Gonna poison you
[Males]
You don't understand
What it do to a man
When you in her hands
And she turn that screw
[Women]
Better say farewell
'Cuz you're going to hell
[Males]
But a man feel swell
When he in her spell
[Ladies]
Better lock your doors
[Males]
Better change your drawers
[Both Together]
She's coming, coming, coming, coming
Shug Avery she back in town
[Everyone]
Shug Avery
She back in town