John and Michie
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
McGuin 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 passed the hat
McGuin and McGuire
still a getting' 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 Swathmore
But she changed
her mind one day
Standin' on the turnpike
Thumb out to hitchhike
Take her to
New York right away
When Denny met Cass
he gave her love bumps
Called John and Zol and
that was the "Mugwumps"
McGuin 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
McGuin and McGuire
just catchin' fire
In L.A. you know
where that's at
And everybody's gettin'
fat except Mama Cass
Broke busted disgusted
Agents can't be trusted
And Michie wants
to go to the sea
Cass can't make it
She says we'll have to
fake it We knew
she's come eventually
Greasin' an American
Express card Can
slow rent but keepin'
out the heat's hard
Duffy's good vibration
and our imaginations
Can't go on indefinitely
And "California Dreamin'"
is becoming a reality