Big Sugar was a Canadian blues-rock band. The band, consisting of vocalist/guitarist Gordie Johnson, bassist Terry Wilkins and drummer Al Cross, officially formed in 1991, although the three musicians had already played together for several years as an informal jam band with members of the Bourbon Tabernacle Choir, and as a supporting band for Molly Johnson's jazz performances. (Molly Johnson and Gordie Johnson are not related.) After Molly Johnson returned to rock music with Infidels, she helped her former bandmates to secure a record deal; their self-titled debut album was released in 1991 on Hypnotic Records. Wilkins left in 1993, and the band recorded the album Five Hundred Pounds with the help of guest musicians, including Kelly Hoppe (also known as Mr. Chill) and Garry Lowe, who would subsequently become official members of the band.
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Big Sugar
(G. Johnson/P. Ballantyne)
Ever since you left
Ever since the fallout
I've been stuck in here
Seeking some relief
Thought I'd take a chance
Thought I'd send a call out
Not that you would care
But, you see
Now I sit around fillin' the blank time
Now I sit around
Heartaches comin' on the inside
Can't wait for the flag to fall
You really should get over here
Mistakes burnin' in my mind
Can't wait for the flag to fall
You really should get over here
Being on my own
Was never my intention
How do things like this
Seem to happen to me?
Was it something that I said?
"Oh, forgot to mention..."
Given half a chance
to make amends
Heartaches comin' on the inside
Can't wait for the flag to fall
You really should get over here
Mistakes burnin' in my mind
Can't wait for the flag to fall
You really should get over here
Five days - feels like a lifetime
Can't wait for the flag to fall
You really should get over here
I am a simple man
Lookin' for a handout
How can you just sit
While I cop a plea
I had things in mind
But they never panned out
Not that you would care
But, you see
Now I sit around fillin' the blank time
Now I sit around fillin' the blank time
Now I sit around
Heartaches comin' on the inside
Can't wait for the flag to fall
You really should get over here
Mistakes burnin' in my mind
Can't wait for the flag to fall
You really should get over here
Hard day - well it feels like a lifetime
Can't wait for the flag to fall
You really should get over here
Heartaches tearin' on the inside
Can't wait for the flag to fall