Brown Sugar Lyrics - Beth Orton

(Duet with Ryan Adams / Rolling Stones Cover) 

Gold Coast slaveship bound for cotton fields 

Sold in a market down in New Orleans 

Scarred old slaver know he's doin' alright 

Hear him whip the women just around midnight 

Brown sugar, how come you taste so good 

Brown sugar, just like a young girl should 

Drums beating, cold English blood runs hot 

Lady of the house wond'rin where it's gonna stop 

House boy knows that he's doin' alright 

You should a heard him just around midnight 

Brown sugar, how come you taste so good 

Brown sugar, just like a young girl should 

Brown sugar, how come you taste so good 

Brown sugar, just like a black girl should 

I bet your mama was a Tent Show queen 

And all her boyfriends were sweet sixteen 

I'm no school boy but I know what I like 

You should have heard me just around midnight 

Brown sugar, how come you taste so good 

Brown sugar, just like a young girl should 

I said yeah, I said yeah, I said yeah, I said oh