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