[00:14.34] John and Mitchie were gettin' kind of itchy
[00:17.49] Just to leave the folk music behind;
[00:20.85] Zal and Denny workin' for a penny
[00:23.65] Tryin' to get a fish on the line.
[00:27.16] In a coffee house Sebastian sat,
[00:29.64] And after every number they'd pass the hat.
[00:34.16] McGuinn and McGuire just a-gettin' higher in L.A.,
[00:38.26] You know where that's at.
[00:40.72] And no one's gettin' fat except Mama Cass.
[00:47.36] Zallie said, "Denny, you know there aren't many
[00:50.47] Who can sing a song the way that you do; let's go south."
[00:54.13] Denny said, Zallie, golly, don't you think that I wish
[00:57.17] I could play guitar like you."
[01:00.37] Zal, Denny, and Sebastian sat (at the Night Owl)
[01:03.99] And after every number they'd pass the hat.
[01:07.18] McGuinn and McGuire still a-gettin higher in L.A.,
[01:11.19] You know where that's at.
[01:13.73] And no one's gettin' fat except Mama Cass.
[01:20.42] When Cass was a sophomore, planned to go to Swathmore
[01:23.48] But she changed her mind one day.
[01:26.93] Standin' on the turnpike, thumb out to hitchhike,
[01:30.18] "Take me to New York right away."
[01:33.06] When Denny met Cass he gave her love bumps;
[01:36.92] Called John and Zal and that was the Mugwumps.
[01:40.04] McGuinn and McGuire couldn't get no higher
[01:43.15] But that's what they were aimin' at.
[01:45.25] And no one's gettin' fat except Mama Cass.
[01:53.45] Mugwumps, high jumps, low slumps, big bumps -
[01:56.45] Don't you work as hard as you play.
[01:59.98] Make up, break up, everything is shake up;
[02:02.93] Guess it had to be that way.
[02:06.21] Sebastian and Zal formed the 'Spoonful;
[02:10.10] Michelle, John, and Denny gettin' very tuneful.
[02:13.10] McGuinn and McGuire just a-catchin' fire in L.A.,
[02:16.96] You know where that's at.
[02:19.47] And everybody's gettin' fat except Mama Cass.
[02:59.10] Broke, busted, disgusted, agents can't be trusted,
[03:02.30] And Mitchie wants to go to the sea.
[03:05.78] Cass can't make it; she says we'll have to fake it -
[03:08.71] We knew she'd come eventually.
[03:12.38] Greasin' on American Express cards;
[03:15.96] Tents low rent, but keeping out the heat's hard.
[03:18.97] Duffy's good vibrations and our imaginations
[03:22.05] Can't go on indefinitely.
[03:25.39] And California dreamin' is becomin' a reality.