John and Michy were gettin'
kind of itchy
just to leave
the folk music behind
Zol and Denny
workin' for a penny
tryin' to get
a fish on the line
In a coffee house
Sebastian sat
and after every number
they passed the hat
McGuinn and McGuire's
just a gettin' higher in L.A.
you know where that's at
And no one's getting fat
except Mama Cass
Zol he said Denny
you know there aren't many
who can sing a song
the way that you do
Let's go Zol...
Denny said Zolly golly
don't you think
that I wish I could
play guitar like you
Zol Denny and Sebastian sat
at the Night Owl
and after every number
they passed the hat
McGuinn and McGuire's
still a gettin' higher in L.A.
you know where that's at
And no one's getting fat
except Mama Cass
When Cass was a sophomore
planned to go to Swarthmore
but she changed her
mind one day
Standin' on the turnpike
thumb out to hitchhike
take me to New York
right away
When Denny met Cass
he gave a long bow
Called John and Zol
and that was the Mugwumps
McGuinn and McGuire
couldn't get no higher
but that's what
they were aimin' at
And no one's getting fat
except Mama Cass
Mugwumps high jumps
low slumps big bumps
don't you work
as hard as you play
Make up break up
everything you shake up
guess it had to be that way
Sebastian and Zol
formed the Spoonful
Michelle John and Denny
gettin' very tuneful
McGuinn and McGuire's
just a catchin' fire in L.A.
you know where that's at
And everybody's getting fat
except Mama Cass
Dididit dit dididit dit
dididit dit woah woah
Broke busted disgusted
agents can't be trusted
and Michy wants to go
to the sea
Cass can't make it
she says
we'll have to fake it
we knew she'd come eventually
Greasin' on
American Express card
ten stone rent
for keeping out the head job
All these good vibrations
and our imaginations
can't go on indefinitely
And California dreamin'
is becomin' a reality