From the recording Xtra Lover
"Sugar Train"
"Sugar Train" was written by Michael Priddis and performed by The Distractions 1986-9. The Distractions were: Terri Janke (vocals), Damian Reichel (Guitar, vocals, trumpet), Michael Priddis (guitar, vocals), Peter Price (drums), Chris Vaughan (bass), Allan Woodley (sax). This version recorded 1989, vocals Terri Janke, performed and recorded by Damian Reichel. Transferred from tape to digital by Glenn "Magoo" Aird. Additional audio engineering on "Sugar Train" by Michael Priddis. Mastered by William Bowden, King Willy Sound, Tasmania, Australia, 2023.
Lyrics
SUGAR TRAIN (key of B)
Written by Michael Priddis
Some men, they think they own ya
Keep ya hangin' on the line and never phone ya
I had a man, boy he was gloomy
The things he said, they really threw me
But nothing's quite the same
Till you learn to play that game
And I'll tell you this little fact
So listen good and you won’t look back
And if you just learn one thing
It's that this woman here is king
On the Sugar Train
On the Sugar Train
One man, he thought ruled me
Callin' out my name and trying to school me
Couldn't work out just how to please me
I thought the Lord had sent him down just to tease me
But nothing's quite the same
Till you learn to play that game
And I'll tell you this little fact
So listen good and you won't look back
And if you just learn one thing
It's that this woman here is king
On the Sugar Train
On the Sugar Train
SOLO
Some men, they think they own ya
Keep ya hangin' on the line and never phone ya
I had a man, boy he was gloomy
The things he said, they really threw me
But nothing's quite the same
Till you learn to play that game
And I'll tell you this little fact
So listen good and you won’t look back
And if you just learn one thing
It's that this woman here is king
On the Sugar Train
On the Sugar Train
On the Sugar Train
On the Sugar Train
Copyright music and lyrics Michael Priddis