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Oh, to live on Sugar Mountain

With the barkers and the colored balloons

You can’t be twenty on Sugar Mountain

Though you’re thinking that

 You’re leaving there too soon,

You’re leaving there too soon

It’s so noisy at the fair

 But all your friends are there

 And the candy floss you had

 And your mother and your dad

Oh, to live on Sugar Mountain

With the barkers and the colored balloons

You can’t be twenty on Sugar Mountain

Though you’re thinking that

 You’re leaving there too soon,

You’re leaving there too soon

 There’s a girl just down the aisle,

 Oh, turn and see her smile

 You can hear the words she wrote

 As you read the hidden note

Oh, to live on Sugar Mountain

With the barkers and the colored balloons

You can’t be twenty on Sugar Mountain

Though you’re thinking that

 You’re leaving there too soon,

You’re leaving there too soon

Now you’re underneath the stairs

 And you’re givin’ back some glares

 To the people who you met

 And It’s your first cigarette

Oh, to live on Sugar Mountain

With the barkers and the colored balloons

You can’t be twenty on Sugar Mountain

Though you’re thinking that

 You’re leaving there too soon,

You’re leaving there too soon

Now you say you’re leavin’ home

 ‘Cause you want to be alone

 Ain’t it funny how it feels

 When you’re findin’ out it real?

Oh, to live on Sugar Mountain

With the barkers and the colored balloons

You can’t be twenty on Sugar Mountain

Though you’re thinking that

 You’re leaving there too soon,

You’re leaving there too soon

Oh, to live on Sugar Mountain

With the barkers and the colored balloons

You can’t be twenty on Sugar Mountain

Though you’re thinking that

 You’re leaving there too soon,

You’re leaving there too soon