Oh, to live on sugar mountain

With the Barkers and the coloured 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 coloured 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 you 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 coloured 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 giving 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 coloured 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 leaving home

'Cause you want to be alone

Ain't it funny how you feel

When you're finding out it's real



Oh, to live on sugar mountain

With the Barkers and the coloured 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 coloured balloons

You can't be twenty on sugar mountain

Though you're thinking that

You're leaving there too soon