Sugar – English Lyrics

• By: Maroon 5

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into Maroon 5's global hit, "Sugar," and discover the sweet metaphors and infectious rhythm that made it a chart-topper. Explore the song's themes of love and connection, and uncover the behind-the-scenes story of its iconic wedding-crashing music video. Learning English through "Sugar" offers a fun way to grasp modern idioms and understand the cultural context of pop music.

[English]

(birds chirping) (church bells ringing)

(engine revving)

- It's December 6, 2014.

We're gonna drive LA and hit every wedding we possibly can.

It's gonna be awesome and we're late.

(engine revving) (tyres squealing)

Let me get your door for you.

- Thanks, man.

(engine revving)

- Woohoo! - Let's do it!

(upbeat music)

(people indistinctly talking)

♪ I'm hurting, baby ♪

♪ I'm broken down ♪

♪ I need your loving, loving ♪

♪ I need it now ♪

♪ When I'm without you ♪

♪ I'm something weak ♪

♪ You got me begging, begging ♪

♪ I'm on my knees ♪

♪ I don't wanna be needing your love ♪

♪ I just wanna be deep in your love ♪

♪ And it's killing me when you're away, ooh, baby ♪

♪ 'Cause I really don't care where you are ♪

♪ I just wanna be there where you are ♪

♪ And I gotta get one little taste ♪

♪ Your sugar ♪

♪ Yes, please ♪

♪ Won't you come and put it down on me ♪

♪ I'm right here 'cause I need ♪

♪ Little love, a little sympathy ♪

♪ Yeah, you show me good loving ♪

♪ Make it alright ♪

♪ Need a little sweetness in my life ♪

♪ Your sugar ♪

♪ Yes, please ♪

♪ Won't you come and put it down on me ♪

♪ My broken pieces ♪

♪ You pick them up ♪

♪ Don't leave me hanging, hanging ♪

♪ Come give me some ♪

♪ When I'm without ya ♪

♪ I'm so insecure ♪

♪ You are the one thing, one thing ♪

♪ I'm living for ♪

♪ I don't wanna be needing your love ♪

♪ I just wanna be deep in your love ♪

♪ And it's killing me when you're away, ooh, baby ♪

♪ 'Cause I really don't care where you are ♪

♪ I just wanna be there where you are ♪

♪ And I gotta get one little taste ♪

♪ Your sugar ♪

♪ Yes, please ♪

♪ Won't you come and put it down on me ♪

♪ I'm right here ♪

♪ 'Cause I need ♪

♪ Little love, a little sympathy ♪

♪ Yeah, you show me good loving ♪

♪ Make it alright ♪

♪ Need a little sweetness in my life ♪

♪ Your sugar ♪

♪ Sugar ♪

♪ Yes, please ♪

♪ Yes, please ♪

♪ Won't you come and put it down on me, yeah ♪

♪ I want that red velvet ♪

♪ I want that sugar sweet ♪

♪ Don't let nobody touch it unless that somebody's me ♪

♪ I gotta be your man ♪

♪ There ain't no other way ♪

♪ 'Cause girl you're hotter than a southern California day ♪

♪ I don't wanna play no games ♪

♪ You don't gotta be afraid ♪

♪ Don't give me all that shy shit ♪

♪ No make-up on ♪

♪ That's my sugar ♪

♪ Yes, please ♪

♪ Won't you come and put it down on me ♪

♪ I'm right here, right here ♪

♪ 'Cause I need, 'cause I need ♪

♪ Little love, a little sympathy ♪

♪ So, baby, yeah you show me good loving ♪

♪ Make it alright ♪

♪ Need a little sweetness in my life ♪

♪ Your sugar ♪

♪ Sugar ♪

♪ Yes, please ♪

♪ Yes, please ♪

♪ Won't you come and put it down on me ♪

♪ Down on me ♪

♪ Sugar ♪

♪ Yes, please ♪

♪ Won't you come and put it down on me ♪

♪ Down on me ♪

♪ I'm right here 'cause I need ♪

♪ Little love, a little sympathy ♪

♪ Yeah, you show me good loving ♪

♪ Make it alright ♪

♪ Need a little sweetness in my life ♪

♪ Your sugar ♪

♪ Sugar ♪

♪ Yes, please ♪

♪ Yes, please ♪

♪ Won't you come and put it down on me ♪

♪ Down on me, down on me ♪

♪ Woo ♪

(upbeat music)

(people cheering)

- Good night, guys, thank you so much.

This was the coolest thing ever, ever, ever, ever.

(people cheering)

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
drive /draɪv/ A2	verb - to operate and control the direction and speed of a vehicle
hurting /hɜːrtɪŋ/ B1	verb - feeling emotional pain or distress
broken /ˈbrəʊkən/ A2	adjective - damaged or not working properly
loving /ˈlʌvɪŋ/ B1	adjective - full of love and affection
begging /ˈbegɪŋ/ B2	verb - asking someone desperately for something
needing /ˈniːdɪŋ/ A2	verb - requiring (something) to exist or happen
killing /ˈkɪlɪŋ/ B2	verb - causing someone to feel very distressed or upset
sweetness /ˈswiːtnəs/ B1	noun - the quality of being sweet
sympathy /ˈsɪmpəθi/ B2	noun - feelings of pity and sorrow for someone's suffering
insecure /ˌɪnsɪˈkjʊər/ B2	adjective - lacking confidence or assurance
living /ˈlɪvɪŋ/ A2	verb - to be alive
hotter /ˈhɒtər/ B1	adjective - having a high degree of heat
shyness /ˈʃaɪnəs/ B1	noun - the quality of being shy
pieces /ˈpiːsɪz/ A2	noun - a portion or fragment of something
hanging /ˈhæŋɪŋ/ B1	verb - to be suspended or waiting
taste /teɪst/ A2	noun - the ability to distinguish different flavors

Key Grammar Structures

• We're gonna drive LA and hit every wedding we possibly can.

  ➔ Future with "gonna"; Modal verb "can"

  ➔ "Gonna" is a colloquial contraction of "going to", used to express future intention. "Can" expresses possibility or ability.

• I don't wanna be needing your love

  ➔ Negative contraction "don't"; Verb "wanna" (want to) + Gerund "needing"

  ➔ "Don't" is a contraction of "do not". "Wanna" is an informal contraction of "want to". "Needing" acts as a gerund (verb acting as a noun) following "be".

• 'Cause I really don't care where you are

  ➔ Subordinating conjunction "'cause"; Negative contraction "don't"; Indirect question using "where"

  ➔ "'Cause" is a colloquial abbreviation of "because". "Don't" is a contraction of "do not". "Where you are" is an indirect question acting as the object of the verb "care".

• Won't you come and put it down on me

  ➔ Negative question with "won't"; Phrasal verb "put down"

  ➔ "Won't" is a contraction of "will not". This is a rhetorical question suggesting a desire or invitation. "Put down" in this context implies giving or offering something desirable (affection, attention).

• Don't leave me hanging, hanging

  ➔ Imperative sentence with "Don't"; Gerund "hanging" used as a descriptive adjective.

  ➔ "Don't leave me hanging" is an imperative phrase, meaning "do not leave me in suspense or an unresolved situation". The repetition of "hanging" emphasizes the feeling. It can also be argued that the second hanging is another use of a gerund.

• You are the one thing, one thing I'm living for

  ➔ Emphatic use of "the one"; Relative clause implied (that/which I'm living for)

  ➔ "The one thing" emphasizes the uniqueness and importance of the person being addressed. The relative pronoun "that" or "which" is omitted but understood.

• Girl you're hotter than a southern California day

  ➔ Contraction "you're"; Comparative adjective "hotter"; Simile using "than"

  ➔ "You're" is a contraction of "you are". "Hotter" is the comparative form of the adjective "hot". The line uses a simile to compare the girl's attractiveness to the heat of a Southern California day, using "than" to make the comparison.