[Intro: accordion riff, guira] Fifty pounds of trouble in a paper sack Auntie said, do not open that, then she turned her back [Verse 1] Quinceanera Saturday and the cake still needs a rise Auntie hauled a sugar sack from H-E-B the size of a prize Set it by the patio with a rock to hold it down Told the cousins, keep your hands off, I am going into town We were twelve and fifteen and the sun was doing tricks Flour from the baking already dusted on the bricks Somebody said "dare you" and somebody said "bet" And the sack was open faster than a secret can forget [Pre-Chorus] White cloud in the yard and a laugh that would not quit Auntie's rules were holy till the sugar made us spit [Chorus] Sugar sack, sugar sack Bursting at the seam Sugar sack, sugar sack Sweeter than a dream Cousins in a cloud fight throwing handfuls at the sky Auntie is going to kill us but at least we learned to fly Sugar sack, sugar sack Caked into our hair Sugar sack, sugar sack Worth the angry stare [Verse 2] Little Rosa got a mouthful and she coughed until she cried Then she scooped another fistful and she wore it like a bride Uncle's dog ran circles like the yard had turned to snow Somebody slipped and somebody slipped and nobody would go We heard the truck pull in and we froze inside the cloud Auntie stood there with the grocery bags and said our names out loud Not the soft names, not the church names, the middle names that sting We looked like powdered ghosts who had ruined everything [Pre-Chorus] White cloud in the yard and a laugh that would not quit Auntie's rules were holy till the sugar made us spit [Chorus] Sugar sack, sugar sack Bursting at the seam Sugar sack, sugar sack Sweeter than a dream Cousins in a cloud fight throwing handfuls at the sky Auntie is going to kill us but at least we learned to fly Sugar sack, sugar sack Caked into our hair Sugar sack, sugar sack Worth the angry stare [Bridge: accordion alone then band] She made us sweep the patio until the bricks came clean Then she measured what was left and she baked the cake between Said, next time you want a cloud, you ask me for the hose But she smiled when the guests said the frosting stole the show And she never bought a sack that small again, that much I know [Verse 3] Years later at a wedding we still tell it like a myth How the quince cake almost died for a fifteen-minute bliss Rosa wears white sometimes and she laughs until she cries Says the sweetest thing she tasted was the sugar in our eyes [Final Chorus] Sugar sack, sugar sack Bursting at the seam Sugar sack, sugar sack Sweeter than a dream Cousins in a cloud fight throwing handfuls at the sky Auntie almost killed us but she let the story fly Sugar sack, sugar sack Caked into our hair Sugar sack, sugar sack Worth the angry stare [Outro: accordion, guira fade] Fifty pounds of trouble in a paper sack Auntie said, do not open that We opened that
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