Lyric Creeque Alley
(Phillips-Gilliam)
John and Mitchy 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 d pass the hat
McGuinn and McGuire just a-gettin higher
In L.A., you know where that s at
And no one s gettin fat except Mama Cass
Zolly said "Denny, you know there aren t many"
"Who can sing a song the way that you do, let s go south"
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 d pass the hat
McGuinn and McGuire still a-gettin higher
In L.A., you know where that s at
And no one s gettin 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 her love bumps
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 gettin 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 is 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 just a-catchin fire
In L.A., you know where that s at
And everybody s gettin fat except Mama Cass
Di-di-di-dit dit dit di-di-di-dit, who-o-oa
Broke, busted, disgusted, agents can t be trusted
And Mitchy 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 cards
It s low rent, but keeping out the heat s hard
Duffy s good vibrations and our imaginations
Can t go on indefinitely
And California dreamin is becomin a reality
John and Mitchy 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 d pass the hat
McGuinn and McGuire just a-gettin higher
In L.A., you know where that s at
And no one s gettin fat except Mama Cass
Zolly said "Denny, you know there aren t many"
"Who can sing a song the way that you do, let s go south"
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 d pass the hat
McGuinn and McGuire still a-gettin higher
In L.A., you know where that s at
And no one s gettin 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 her love bumps
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 gettin 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 is 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 just a-catchin fire
In L.A., you know where that s at
And everybody s gettin fat except Mama Cass
Di-di-di-dit dit dit di-di-di-dit, who-o-oa
Broke, busted, disgusted, agents can t be trusted
And Mitchy 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 cards
It s low rent, but keeping out the heat s hard
Duffy s good vibrations and our imaginations
Can t go on indefinitely
And California dreamin is becomin a reality
