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Thursday, April 30, 2015

No Sugar


No Sugar Tonight- The Guess Who

Kudos to Fran for remembering this tune. Randy Bachman gets the writer's credit for this tune. Bachman? That wouldn't be the Bachman of Bachman Turner Overdrive, would it? Yes, it would. But this is The Guess Who. Is he in here as well? Yes, he is. First one, then the other and now off to new things.

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  1. Lyrics: No Sugar Tonight"
    Lonely feelin' deep inside
    Find a corner where I can hide
    Silent footsteps crowdin' me
    Sudden darkness, but I can see

    No sugar tonight in my coffee
    No sugar tonight in my tea
    No sugar to stand beside me
    No sugar to run with me

    Da-un-do-dow dow da-un-do-dow
    Da-un-do-dow dow no no
    Da-un-do-dow dow da-un-do-dow
    Da-un-do-dow dow

    In the silence of her mind
    Quiet movements, well, I can find
    Grabbin' for me with her eyes
    Now I'm fallin' from her skies

    No sugar tonight in my coffee
    No sugar tonight in my tea
    No sugar to stand beside me
    No sugar to run with me

    Da-un-do-dow dow da-un-do-dow
    Da-un-do-dow dow un-dow-dow
    Da-un-do-dow dow da-un-do-dow
    Da-un-do-dow dow

    Jocko says yes and I believe him
    When we talk about the things I say
    She hasn't got the faith or the guts to leave him
    When they're standin' in each other's way
    You're driven back now to places you've been to
    You're wonderin' what you're gonna find
    You know you've been wrong but it won't be long
    Before you leave 'em all far behind

    'Cause it's the new Mother Nature takin' over
    It's the new splendid lady come to call
    It's the new Mother Nature takin' over
    She's gettin' us all
    She's gettin' us all

    Jocko said no when I came back last time
    It's lookin' like I lost a friend
    No use callin' 'cause the sky is fallin'
    And I'm gettin' pretty near the end
    A smoke-filled room in a corner basement
    The situation must be right
    A bag o' goodies and a bottle o' wine
    We're gonna get it on right tonight

    'Cause it's the new Mother Nature takin' over
    It's the new splendid lady come to call
    It's the new Mother Nature takin' over
    She's gettin' us all
    She's gettin' us all

    {1st verse of "No Sugar Tonight" sung simultaneously with
    1st verse of "New Mother Nature"}
    Lonely feelin'
    Jocko says yes and I believe him
    Deep inside
    When we talk about the things I say
    Find a corner
    She hasn't got the faith or the guts to leave him
    Where I can hide
    When they're standin' in each other's way
    Silent footsteps
    You're driven back now to places you've been to
    Crowdin' me
    You're wonderin' what you're gonna find
    Sudden darkness
    You know you've been wrong and it won't be long
    But I can see
    Before you leave 'em all far behind

    'Cause it's the new Mother Nature takin' over
    It's the new splendid lady come to call
    It's the new Mother Nature takin' over
    She's gettin' us all
    She's gettin' us all

    Da-un-do-dow dow da-un-do-dow
    Da-un-do-dow dow no no
    Da-un-do-dow dow da-un-do-dow
    Da-un-do-dow dow
    Da-un-do-dow dow da-un-do-dow
    Da-un-do-dow dow no no
    Da-un-do-dow dow da-un-do-dow
    Da-un-do-dow dow
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  2. Weirdly, this is a fusing of two separate songs: "No Sugar Tonight," by Bachman, was the B-side of "American Woman," and Cummings' "New Mother Nature" was glued on because "No Sugar Tonight" was just barely two minutes long. At least they were in the same key. (On the American Woman album, you get the combo.)

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