I got some troubles but they won’t last, “Sugar Town” begins with the consumption of the drug, I’m gonna lay right down here in the grass / And pretty soon all my troubles will pass / ‘Cause I’m in shu shu shu / Shu shu shu / Shu shu shu shu shu shu Sugar Town.
A “trip” typically begins around 30 minutes after consumption. So as the tune progresses, the verses parallel the effects of the LSD, like intensified sensory perception, heightened emotions, and visual hallucinations.
I never had a dog that liked me some / I never had a friend or wanted one / So I just lay back and laugh at the sun, the following verse plays as the drug induces a pleasurable experience, ‘Cause I’m in shu shu shu / Shu shu shu / Shu shu shu shu shu shu Sugar Town.
Yesterday it rained in Tennessee / I heard it also rained in Tallahassee / But not a drop fell on little old me, because she’s in shu shu shu shu shu shu Sugar Town. The trip is making space for joy and appreciation to enter in. “Sugar Town” comes to a close as the singer swims in euphoria with not a care in the world.
If I had a million dollars or ten, she sings, I’d give it to your world and then / You’d go away and let me spend / My life in shu shu shu / Shu shu shu / Shu shu shu shu shu shu Sugar Town.
The Drug-Induced Meaning Behind Nancy Sinatra’s “Sugar Town”