Lips Like Sugar

"Lips Like Sugar" is a single by Echo & the Bunnymen which was released in August 1987. It was the second single from their 1987 eponymous album. Initially dismissed by Ian McCulloch as too commercial, "Lips Like Sugar" became a chart success in the UK, Ireland, and New Zealand. Despite not charting in the US, the song has become one of their most famous songs in America, thanks in part to college radio airplay and its music video directed by Anton Corbijn, which was regularly broadcast on MTV's 120 Minutes programme. The song has since been covered by multiple artists and has been positively received by critics.

[Verse 1] She floats like a swan Grace on the water Lips like sugar Lips like sugar Just when you think you've caught her She glides across the water She calls for you tonight To share this moonlight [Pre-Chorus] You'll flow down her river She'll ask and you'll give her [Chorus] Lips like sugar Sugar kisses Lips like sugar Sugar kisses [Verse 2] She knows what she knows I know what she's thinking Sugar kisses Sugar kisses Just when you think she's yours She's flown to other shores To laugh at how you break And melt into this lake [Pre-Chorus 2] You'll flow down her river But you'll never give her [Chorus] Lips like sugar Sugar kisses Lips like sugar Sugar kisses [Instrumental Bridge] [Verse 3] She'll be my mirror Reflect what I am A loser and a winner The King of Siam And my Siamese twin Alone on the river Mirror kisses Mirror kisses [Chorus] Lips like sugar Sugar kisses Lips like sugar Sugar kisses [Chorus] Lips like sugar Sugar kisses Lips like sugar Sugar kisses [Chorus] Lips like sugar Sugar kisses Lips like sugar Sugar kisses