I'm longing for my sugar : and I don't want no one else
And I don't miss her so much : until I'm all by myself

Now I knowed when I quit her : I was doing wrong
Now I've got trouble on my mind : it's trying to get her back home

I'm going to pay the boss : and get my check‑card today
And give it to my sugar : if she'll come back home to stay

Fussing and fighting : ain't no way to get along
This done caused me a world of trouble : and broke up my happy home

I can't work in the daytime : I can't sleep a wink at night
Thinking the woman that I love : ain't been treated right