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Artist: Neil Young
Track: Sugar Mountain

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Oh, to live on sugar mountain
With the barkers and the colored 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 colored 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 to 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 colored 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 colored 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 colored 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 colored balloons
You can't be twenty on sugar mountain
Though you're thinking that you're leaving there too soon
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Neil Young – Sugar Mountain
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you're leaving there too soon, You're leaving there too soon. ... And it's your first cigarette. ... you're leaving there too soon, You're leaving there too soon.
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Genius Q&A
Q:When did Neil Young release “Sugar Mountain”?
Neil Young released “Sugar Mountain” on February 21, 1969.
Q:Who produced “Sugar Mountain (Live at The Riverboat 1969)” by Neil Young?
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Sugar Mountain (Intro) [Live] - Neil Young
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