This song was originally written by a guy called Peter Gutteridge. He was one of the founders of the "Dunedin Sound" a musical scene in the south of New Zealand in the early 80s. From there it was covered by "The Clean" one of the early bands of that scene (he had originally been a member of in it's early days, writing a couple of their best early songs). The Dunedin sound, and the Clean became popular on american college radio in the mid to late 80s. I guess Yo La Tengo heard that version.
Great version of a great song,
David Hinds
So you like to tease the fellas
And getting someone jealous
But I know
All those games and tricks
Your kind of girl is vicious
Whose heart you crush
You don't seem to care
One ambition
To marry a millionaire
Someone...there to wine and dine you
And give...rings all decked with diamonds
Kind of...money talking romance
Jet set...vacation to the islands
Best things in life
I say they don't come free
CHORUS
You're looking for a sugar daddy
You don't mind if he's ugly
He's got lots of money
He will be your dandy candy
Don't take long
For you to get your way
Where's there's cash
You're like a bird of prey
'Cause you demand
An expensive taste
Don't get what you want
So you act outrageous
Whose heart you crush
You don't seem to care
One ambition
To marry a millionaire
Someone...there to wine and dine you
And give...rings all decked with diamonds, yeh
That kind of...money talkin romance
Jet set...vacation to the islands
Best things in life
I say they don't come free
CHORUS
You're looking for a sugar daddy
You don't mind if he's ugly
He's got lots of money
He will be your dandy candy
RAPPERS DELIGHT
Watch her now
She loves to pose in fancy clothes
And make the guys all stare
Who's got no cash, ain't got no chance
She want's a millionaire
A candy-coated rich man
She don't give a damn if it's Frankenstein
Or the thing from outer space
A chauffeur-driven limousine
Seems more to be her style
If you can't provide that kind if life
You just ain't worth her while
'cause she's hooked on money love
Suga, suga., suga (Repeat - fade out)
So you like to tease the fellas
And getting someone jealous
But I know
All those games and tricks
Your kind of girl is vicious
Whose heart you crush
You don't seem to care
One ambition
To marry a millionaire
Someone...there to wine and dine you
And give...rings all decked with diamonds
Kind of...money talking romance
Jet set...vacation to the islands
Best things in life
I say they don't come free
CHORUS
You're looking for a sugar daddy
You don't mind if he's ugly
He's got lots of money
He will be your dandy candy
Don't take long
For you to get your way
Where's there's cash
You're like a bird of prey
'Cause you demand
An expensive taste
Don't get what you want
So you act outrageous
Whose heart you crush
You don't seem to care
One ambition
To marry a millionaire
Someone...there to wine and dine you
And give...rings all decked with diamonds, yeh
That kind of...money talkin romance
Jet set...vacation to the islands
Best things in life
I say they don't come free
CHORUS
You're looking for a sugar daddy
You don't mind if he's ugly
He's got lots of money
He will be your dandy candy
RAPPERS DELIGHT
Watch her now
She loves to pose in fancy clothes
And make the guys all stare
Who's got no cash, ain't got no chance
She want's a millionaire
A candy-coated rich man
She don't give a damn if it's Frankenstein
Or the thing from outer space
A chauffeur-driven limousine
Seems more to be her style
If you can't provide that kind if life
You just ain't worth her while
'cause she's hooked on money love
Suga, suga., suga (Repeat - fade out)
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Sugar Daddy Lyrics as written by David Robert Hinds
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