John and Mitchie were getting kind of itchy just to leave the folk music behind Saul and Danny were working for a penny trying to get a fish on the line In a coffeehouse the bastards sat And after every number they'd pass the hat McQuinn and McGuire's just a-getting higher in L.A., you know where that's at And no one's getting fat except Mama Cass Saul said, Danny, you know there aren't many who can sing a song the way that you do, let's go south Danny said, Zollick, only don't you think that I wish I could play guitar like you Saul, Danny, and Sebastian sat And after every number they'd pass the hat McQuinn and McGuire's still a-getting higher in L.A., you know where that's at And no one's getting fat except Mama Cass When Cass was a sophomore, planned to go to Swarthmore, but she changed her mind one day Standing on the turnpike, thumb out the hitchhike, take her to New York right away When Danny met Cass, he gave her love for Paul, John, and Saul, and that was the month from McQuinn and McGuire couldn't get no higher, but that's what they were aiming at And no one's getting 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, yes, it had to be that way Sebastian and Zollick warmed a spoonful Still trying to get it, getting very fruitful McQuinn and McGuire just a-catching fire in L.A., you know where that's at And everybody's getting 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, yes, it had to be that way And everybody's getting fat except Mama Cass Robusted, disgusted, agents can't be trusted, and then she wants to go to the sea Cass can't make it, she says we'll have to fake it, we knew she'd come eventually Greasing on the American Express car, can't slow it, but keeping out the heat's hard The hockey stick vibrations in our imaginations can't go on indefinitely And California dreaming is becoming a reality Hey!