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John and Mitchy were gettin' kind of itchy
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Just to leave the folk music behind
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Zol and Denny workin' for a penny
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Tryin' to get a fish on the line
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In a coffee house Sebastian sat
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And after every number they'd pass the hat
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McGuinn and McGuire just a-gettin' higher
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In L.A., you know where that's at
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And no one's gettin' fat except Mama Cass
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Zolly said "Denny, you know there aren't many"
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"Who can sing a song the way that you do, let's go south"
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Denny said "Zolly, golly, don't you think that I wish"
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"I could play guitar like you"
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Zol, Denny and Sebastian sat (at the Night Owl)
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And after every number they'd pass the hat
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McGuinn and McGuire still a-gettin higher
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In L.A., you know where that's at
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And no one's gettin' fat except Mama Cass
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When Cass was a sophomore, planned to go to Swarthmore
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But she changed her mind one day
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Standin' on the turnpike, thumb out to hitchhike
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"Take me to New York right away"
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When Denny met Cass he gave her love bumps
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Called John and Zol and that was the Mugwumps
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McGuinn and McGuire couldn't get no higher
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But that's what they were aimin' at
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And no one's gettin' fat except Mama Cass
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Mugwumps, high jumps, low slumps, big bumps
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Don't you work as hard as you play
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Make up, break up, everything is shake up
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Guess it had to be that way
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Sebastian and Zol formed the Spoonful
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Michelle, John, and Denny gettin' very tuneful
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McGuinn and McGuire just a-catchin' fire
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In L.A., you know where that's at
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And everybody's gettin' fat except Mama Cass
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Di-di-di-dit dit dit di-di-di-dit, who-o-oa
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------ flute ------
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Broke, busted, disgusted, agents can't be trusted
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And Mitchy wants to go to the sea
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Cass can't make it, she says we'll have to fake it
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We knew she'd come eventually
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Greasin' on American Express cards
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It's low rent, but keeping out the heat's hard
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Duffy's good vibrations and our imaginations
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Can't go on indefinitely
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And California dreamin' is becomin' a reality
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CREEQUE ALLEY
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| The Mamas The Papas |
