B7
John and Mitchy were gettin' kind of itchy
Just to leave the folk music behind
E7
Zol and Denny workin' for a penny
B7
Tryin' to get a fish on the line
F#7
In a coffee house Sebastian sat
E7
And after every number they'd pass the hat
B7
Mcguinn and McGuire just a-gettin' higher
E7
In L.A., you know where that's at
D7 B7
And no one's gettin' fat except Mama Cass
B7
Zolly said: Denny, you know there aren't many
Who can sing a song the way that you do, let's go south
E7
Denny said: Zolly, golly, don't you think that I wish
B7
I could play guitar like you
F#7
Zol, Denny and Sebastian sat (at the Night Owl)
E7
And after every number they'd pass the hat
B7
Mcguinn and McGuire still a-gettin higher
E7
In L.A., you know where that's at
D7 B7
And no one's gettin' fat except Mama Cass
B7
When Cass was a sophomore, planned to go to Swarthmore
But she changed her mind one day
E7
Standin' on the turnpike, thumb out to hitchhike
B7
Take me to New York right away
F7
When Denny met Cass he gave her love bumps
E7
Called John and Zol and that was the Mugwumps
B7
Mcguinn and McGuire couldn't get no higher
E7
But that's what they were aimin' at
D7 B7
And no one's gettin' fat except Mama Cass
B7
Mugwumps, high jumps, low slumps, big bumps
Don't you work as hard as you play
E7
Make up, break up, everything is shake up
B7
Guess it had to be that way
F#7
Sebastian and Zol formed the Spoonful
E7
Michelle, John, and Denny gettin' very tuneful
B7
Mcguinn and McGuire just a-catchin' fire
E7
In L.A., you know where that's at
D7 B7
And everybody's gettin' fat except Mama Cass
Di-di-di-dit dit dit di-di-di-dit, who-o-oa
B7
Broke, busted, disgusted, agents can't be trusted
And Mitchy wants to go to the sea
E7
Cass can't make it, she says we'll have to fake it
B7
We knew she'd come eventually
F#7
Greasin' on American Express cards
E7
It's low rent, but keeping out the heat's hard
B7
Duffy's good vibrations and our imaginations
E7
Can't go on indefinitely
B7
And California dreamin' is becomin' a reality
