[Verse 1]
There ain't no money to buy cocaine, sugar babe
There ain't no money to buy cocaine, sugar babe
There ain't no money to buy cocaine
Burn your nose and rot your brain, sugar babe
Sugar babe

[Verse 2]
I woke up this morning, blues all around, sugar babe
Woke up this morning, blues all around, sugar babe
Woke up this morning, blues all around
Threw on my rags and walked down town, sugar babe
Sugar babe

[Verse 3]
Standing on a corner, don't you see, sugar babe?
Standing on a corner, don't you see, sugar babe?
Standing on a corner, don't you see?
They hauled me away for vagrancy, sugar babe

[Verse 4]
Leave that red whiskey alone, sugar babe
Leave that red whiskey alone, sugar babe
Leave that red whiskey alone
Gives you palsy in your bones, sugar babe
Sugar babe
[Verse 5]
Whatcha gonna do when the meat gives out, sugar babe?
Whatcha gonna do when the meat gives out, sugar babe?
Whatcha gonna do when the meat gives out?
Stand on the corner with a mouth and a pout, sugar babe
Ah, sugar babe

[Verse 6]
Chattanooga is a fine old town, sugar babe
Chattanooga is a fine old town, sugar babe
Chattanooga is a fine old town
You get a little crazy then burn your house down
Sugar babe, ah, sugar babe

[Verse 7]
I said, Chattanooga is a fine old town, sugar babe
Chattanooga is a fine old town, sugar babe
Chattanooga is a fine old town
You get a little crazy then burn your house down
Sugar babe, sugar babe