[Mister]
Where my shirt?
Where my hat?
Where you put my braces at?

Fix my tie
Press my pants
Ugly men ain't got no chance

[Celie]
What is you fussing for, Mister
What you care about 'sides yourself

[Mister]
Celie head full o' rocks
There's holes in my Sunday socks


[Ladies]
Shug Avery comin' to town

Lock up all your mens
And your young boys, too
She ain't got no friends
'Cept the ones she screw
[Ladies] (Mister)
Oh, Shug Avery comin' to town
Shug comin'! (Mmmm, gonna get me)
Shug comin'! (Some sugar tonight!)

[Celie]
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 men
Strumpet in a short skirt
Got no pride
[Males]
Bumping in the shed
Bouncing in the bed

[Ensemble]
Don't you know it ain't no lie

[Ensemble & Mister]
Shug Avery comin' to town

[Celie]
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, (uh-huh) bring down this town

[Church Lady]
Fire and brimstone raining down
Oh, she coming, coming
[Males]
Shug Avery heat up this town

[Church Lady]
She gonna turn into a pillar of salt
Oh yes she is

[Ensemble]
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

[Ensemble]
She's coming, coming, coming, coming
Shug Avery, she back in town