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Broadway Revival (2015)
The Color Purple Musical - Shug Avery Comin' to Town Lyrics
"Shug Avery Comin' to Town" is a song from the Broadway musical The Color Purple performed by Isaiah Johnson (Mister), Cynthia Erivo (Celie) and Ensemble.
MISTER:
Where my shirt?
Where my hat?
Where you put my braces at?
Fix my tie,
Press my pants,
Ugly man ain't got no chance!
CELIE:
What is you fussin' for, mister?
What you care about 'sides yourself?
MISTER:
Celie head full o' rocks
There's holes in my sunday socks.
MISTER & JARENE:
Shug avery comin' to town! Shug avery comin' to town!
CHURCH LADIES:
Lock up all your mens
And your young boys, too.
Shug ain't got no friends
'Cept the ones she screw!
CHURCH LADIES & MISTER:
Shug avery comin' to town!
Shug comin'! Mmmm, gonna get me
Shug comin'! Some sugar tonight!
CELIE:
Sharp as a tack
With your hair slicked back.
Spit on your shoes,
What you tryin' to do?
CHURCH LADIES:
That mister sho do shine
When shug come cross that county line.
MAN 1:
Ain't no other woman like shug.
MAN 2:
Like shug.
MAN:
Oh lord, let me cross
Into her promised land.
CHURCH LADIES:
Drinkin' the gin,
Lovin' all the mens,
Strumpet in a short skirt
Got no pride!
MEN:
Bumpin' in the shed.
Bouncin' in the bed.
TOWNSPEOPLE:
Don't you know it ain't no lie . . .
CHURCH LADIES, TOWNSPEOPLE & MISTER:
Shug avery comin' to town.
CELIE:
Got about a million questions
Crawling around my head -
What she wear?
How her hair?
Is she skinny?
Is she stout?
Must be somethin' to fuss about.
WOMEN:
Shug avery bring down this town!
CHURCH MAMA:
Fire and brimstone rainin' down!
Oh, she
Comin', comin'!
MEN:
Shug avery heat up this town!
CHURCH MAMA:
She gonna turn into a pillar of salt!
Oh, no, no, no!
CHURCH LADIES & ENSEMBLE:
Shug avery she back in town!
WOMEN:
Ooh, that shug,
You know she no good.
A snake in the woods
Gonna poison you.
MEN:
You don't understand
What it do to a man
When you in her hands
And she turn that screw.
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WOMEN:
Better say farewell,
'Cuz you're goin' to hell!
MEN:
But a man feel swell
When he in her spell.
WOMEN:
Better lock your doors!
MEN:
Better change your drawers!
TOGETHER:
She's coming, coming, coming, coming . . .
Shug avery she back in town!
ALL:
Shug avery . . . . . .
She back in town!
Read more: The Color Purple Musical Lyrics
Shug Avery Comin' to Town lyrics The Color Purple Musical Lyrics
The Color Purple Musical Lyrics
SYNOPSIS
Huckleberry Pie/ Mysterious Ways
Somebody Gonna Love You
Our Prayer
That Fine Mister
Big Dog
Nettie & Lily of the Field
Dear God - Sofia
A Tree Named Sofia
Hell No!
Brown Betty
Shug Avery Comin' to Town
All We Got to Say
Dear God - Shug
Too Beautiful for Words
Push Da Button
Uh-Oh
What About Love?
African Homeland
The Color Purple
Celie's Curse
Miss Celie's Pants
Any Little Thing
What About Love? (Reprise)
I'm Here
The Color Purple (Reprise)
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