(Chapin Hartford)



Love, you're gettin' lazy

You're forgettin' to give me

Sweet sugar words that I wanna hear

You've been neglectin' me

You know jealousy, it is bitter as a green spring berry



Just like fruit from a fickle vine

You turn sweet in the nick of time

Love, you only come alive when you're losin' me

And it's a childish game

I've got to shake you up just to wake you up

To make you love me



Chorus:

I'll shake the sugar tree

'Til I feel your love fallin' all around me

You've got to tend to what you planted

And if you take my love from granted baby

I'll shake the sugar tree



Another night and you're sleepin'

I'm awake and I'm dreamin'

Oh honey 'bout the way that it used to be

A little time's gone by

Do you think that I'm content

With the cookin' and the payin' of rent

No, I wanna know if you love's all spent



CHORUS



I've got to raise some commotion

Before you show me some real emotion