Creeque alleythe mamas & the papas(phillips-gilliam)john and mitchy were gettin' kind of itchyjust to leave the folk music behindzal and denny workin' for a pennytryin' to get a fish on the linein a coffee house sebastian satand after every number they'd pass the hatmcguinn and mcguire just a-gettin' higherin l.a., you know where that's atand no one's gettin' fat except mama casszally said "denny, you know there aren't many""who can sing a song the way that you do, let's go south"denny said "zally, golly, don't you think that i wish""i could play guitar like you"zal, denny and sebastian sat (at the night owl)and after every number they'd pass the hatmcguinn and mcguire still a-gettin higherin l.a., you know where that's atand no one's gettin' fat except mama casswhen cass was a sophomore, planned to go to swarthmorebut she changed her mind one daystandin' on the turnpike, thumb out to hitchhike"take me to new york right away"when denny met cass he gave her love bumpscalled john and zal and that was the mugwumpsmcguinn and mcguire couldn't get no higherbut that's what they were aimin' atand no one's gettin' fat except mama cassmugwumps, high jumps, low slumps, big bumpsdon't you work as hard as you playmake up, break up, everything is shake upguess it had to be that waysebastian and zal formed the spoonfulmichelle, john, and denny gettin' very tunefulmcguinn and mcguire just a-catchin' firein l.a., you know where that's atand everybody's gettin' fat except mama cassdi-di-di-dit dit dit di-di-di-dit, who-o-oa------ flute ------broke, busted, disgusted, agents can't be trustedand mitchy wants to go to the seacass can't make it, she says we'll have to fake itwe knew she'd come eventuallygreasin' on american express cardsit's low rent, but keeping out the heat's hardduffy's good vibrations and our imaginationscan't go on indefinitelyand california dreamin' is becomin' a reality