From: meep@wpi.WPI.EDU (A Son of the Silent Age)
Subject: Sugar lyrics...any second guesses?
Organization: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date: Sat, 5 Sep 1992 20:15:33 GMT

The following are the lyrics to the three non-title songs from the Sugar
"Helpless" EP. If anyone else hears these differently and wishes to correct
me (especially on "Needle Hits E"), please do so, as I'm really unsure
about a couple of phrases.

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NEEDLE HITS E

been sailing inshores
i'm seeing sunlight for the very first time
and i'm changing my ways
i'm hanging out on the proven pain

the tragi-comedy
i hit the station as the needle hits e
the needle hits e
fill it up and take it on a drive

don't scream in desperation
half the time you don't even know
find hanging two frustrations
on the boundary line
i hang you out to dry

but you're dragging the ground
you've got a bone and you're burning your face
and you're dragging me down
i feel for you and i feel out of place

it doesn't bother me
i hit the station as the needle hits e
the needle hits e
you're burning out 'cause you're won't even move

somebody should tell your mother
all the things you're calling the ground
stop kicking the wall my brother
have you lost your mind
all you do is watch the tank run dry

i been living at large
fill it up and give me the wheel
and i cherish the day
i pray you'll say the things that you feel

and just to warm the soulpin wall
i hit the station as the needle hits e
the needle hits e
it's empty, empty, empty empty empty
the needle hits e
it's empty, empty, empty empty empty
the needle hits e
it's empty, empty, empty empty empty
the needle hits e
it's empty, empty, empty empty empty
the needle hits e
it's empty, empty, empty empty empty now



IF I CAN'T CHANGE YOUR MIND (SOLO MIX)

tears fill up my eyes
have washed away the sorrow
and somewhere in my mind
i know there's no tomorrow
i see you're leaving soon
i guess you've had your fill
but if i can't change your mind
then no one will

and all throughout the years
i've never strayed from you my dear
but you suspect i'm somewhere else
you're feeling sorry for yourself
leaving with a broken heart
i'd love you even still
but if i can't change your mind
then no one will

if i can't change your mind

even though my heart keeps breaking
don't you know that i'll be waiting here for you
then when you return
when will you return
i hope you see i'm dedicated
look how long i have waited
if you come back then you will find
a different person if you change your mind

how can i explain away
something that i haven't done
and if you can't trust me now
you'll never trust in anyone
with all the crazy doubts you've got
i love you even still
but if i can't change your mind
then no one will

if i can't change your mind

someday you'll see i've been true
i'll stay that way until
but if i can't change your mind
then no one will

if i can't change your mind
if i can't change your mind
if i can't change your mind



TRY AGAIN

when the clouds of doubt surround you
when there's no relief in sight
and nothing you do holds a meaning
but you can't give up the fight

you think of the good things that might be in store
you try and you try 'til you just can't try any more
'cause one thing is certain nothing is certain
you try and you try and you try and you try and you know

you try again

well somewhere in the back of my mind
i know this indecision well
and you might think that i seem beaten
but i got up each time i fell

i'm not gonna lay here expecting the worst
i try and i try 'til i just can't try any more
i'm not giving up there is hope in here somewhere
i try and i try and i try and i try and you know

you try again
you try again
you try again

well it would be so easy to start hesitating
it would be so wonderful from now on
but if i put my mind to your enjoyment
well i could break the spell that worries are gone

i'd whisper it happened something so simple
if all of the doubts that i had every day went away
but maybe i get to that point in my life
try and i try and i try and maybe now

you try again
you try again
you try again

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Doug