Down On The River By The Sugar Plant Lyrics

All of the girls out with their hips a sway
But I'm the loneliest man
They're selling incense and sungla*ses on Orchard Street
Boatloads of bootleg Sean John

I'll dream you up in this vast, dark bed
Believe I loved you for each hair upon the back of your neck
And I want to kiss you but I can't
Down on the river by the sugar plant
Down on the river by the sugar plant

Earrings weighing down the lobe and
Nose a lovely slope and the mouth turned down
Shoulders pale and beautiful and
Angle of the throat and your sweet sad stare

All of the waves that crash upon the shore
Fruitlessly shushing the world
I pledge allegiance to my displacement
My flag of doubt is unfurled

I'll dream you up on a vast, dark coast
Believe I see you walking toward me
Arms outstretched like a Ghost
And I want to kiss you but I can't
Down on the river by the sugar plant
Down on the river by the sugar plant

Down on the river by the sugar plant
Down on the river by the sugar plant
Down on the river by the sugar plant
Down on the river by the sugar plant

Mike Doughty - Skittish/Rockity Roll

Dec 2004

1. The Only Answer
2. The Pink Life
3. Real Love/It's Only Life
4. No Peace, Los Angeles
5. Where Have You Gone?
6. Thank You, Lord, For Sending Me The F Train
7. Looks
8. Shunned & Falsified
9. All The Dirt
10. Sweet Lord In Heaven
11. Language Barrier
12. Rising Sun
13. Ways + Means
14. 27 Jennifers
15. Down On The River By The Sugar Plant
16. 40 Grand In The Hole
17. Ossining
18. Cash Cow
19. Move On (Bloom Like The Sunlight In My Song)
20. I Failed To Use It
21. Laundrytown
22. Get Along