The Mamas & The Papas Greatest

The Mamas & The Papas The Mamas & The Papas Greatest Lyrics
1.I Call Your Name

Lyricist:John Lennon, Paul Mc Cartney

I call your name but you're not there
Was I to blame for being unfair?
Don't you know I can't sleep at night
Since you've been gone
I never weep at night, I can't go on

Don't you know I can't take it
I don't know who can
I'm not gonna make it
I'm not that kind of man

Don't you know I can't sleep at night
But just the same
I never weep at night, I call your name

John, John

Don't you know I can't take it
I don't know who can
I'm not gonna make it
I'm not that kind of man

Don't you know I can't sleep at night
But just the same
I never weep at night, I call your name
I never weep at night, I call your name, yeah


2.Do You Wanna Dance

Lyricist:Bobby Freeman

Do you wanna dance under the moon light
Squeeze me all through the night?
Oh, baby, do you wanna dance?

Do you wanna dance and hold my hand
Tell me I'm your lover man?
Oh, baby, do you wanna dance?

Do you wanna dance and make romance?
C'mon pretty baby and take a chance
Hey, baby, baby, do you wanna dance?

(Do you ) Do you wanna dance?
(Do you ) Do you wanna dance?
(Do you ) Do you, do you wanna dance?

Do you wanna dance under the moon light
Squeeze me all through the night?
Oh, baby, do you wanna dance?

(Do you ) Do you wanna dance?
(Do you )Do you wanna dance?
(Do you )Do you do you wanna dance?
(Do you )Do you wanna dance?

Do you wanna dance? (Do you wanna dance?)
Will you take a chance?(Do you wanna dance?)
Will hold my hand? (Do you wanna dance?)
At least let me be your lover man! (Do you wanna dance?)
Can I hold your hand? (Do you wanna dance?)
Let me be your lover man! (Do you wanna dance?)
Can I hold your hand? (Do you wanna dance?)


3.I Saw Her Again

Lyricist:Denny Doherty, John Phillips

I saw her again last night
And you know that I shouldn't
Just string her along, it's just not right
If I couldn't I wouldn't

But what can I do, I'm lonely too
And it makes me feel so good to know
(And it makes me feel so good to know)
She'll never leave me

I'm in way over my head
Now she thinks that I love her
(Yeah, yeah)
Because that's what I said
Though I never think of her
(No no, never think of her)

But what can I do, I'm lonely too
And it makes me feel so good to know
(And it makes me feel so good to know)
She'll never leave me

Every time I see that girl
You know I wanna lay down and die
But I really need that girl
Though I'm living a lie
(Though I'm living a lie)
It makes me wanna cry

I saw her again last night
And you know that I shouldn't
Just string her along, it's just not right
If I couldn't then I wouldn't

But what can I do, I'm lonely too
And it makes me feel so good to know
(And it makes me feel so good to know)
She'll never leave me
(To know, know)

But what can I do, I'm lonely too
Yeah, and it makes me feel so good to know
She'll never leave me

Every time I see that girl
You know I wanna lay down and die
But I really need that girl
Though I'm living a lie
(Though I'm living a lie)
It makes me wanna cry

I saw her
I saw her again last night
And you know that I shouldn't
(No no)
Just string her along, it's just not right
If I couldn't, I wouldn't
(You say)

I'm in way over my head
Now she thinks that I love her
(Yeah, yeah)
Because that's what I said


4.You Baby

Lyricist:Steve Barri, Phil F Sloan

From the time I fall asleep till the morning comes
I dream about you baby
And I feel alright, 'cause I know tonight I'll be with you baby
And who makes me feel like smiling when the weary day is
through?

(Who?)
You baby, you
(I'm talking about my baby yeah)
No one but you, baby, nobody but you

(Who?)
You baby, you
(Baby, yeah)
No one but you, baby, nobody but you

They say candy is sweet, but it just can't compete with you,
baby
You've got everything I need and nobody can please like you, you
baby
And who believes that my wildest dreams
And my craziest schemes will come true?

(Who?)
You baby, you
(I'm talking about my baby yeah)
No one but you, baby, nobody but you

(Who?)
You baby, you
(Baby, yeah)
No one but you, baby, nobody but you.

A little ray of sunshine, a little bit of soul
Add just a touch of magic
It's the greatest thing since rock n' roll
Yeah, baby

(You)
You baby, you
(I'm talking about my baby yeah)
No one but you, baby nobody but you
(You)
You baby, you, no one but you, baby, nobody but you

(You)
You baby, you
(I'm talking about my baby yeah)
No one but you, baby nobody but you


5.Dancing Bear

Lyricist:John Phillips

I wouldn't wanna be a chimney sweep
All black from head to foot
From climbing in them chimneys
And cleanin' out that soot

With a broom and ladder and pail
The darkened walls I scale
And far and high
I see a patch of sky

I'd rather be the gypsy
(I'd rather be the gypsy)
Whose camped at the edge of town
(Camped at the edge of town)
The one who has the dancing bear
That follows him around

And he lifts his big foot up
He puts his big foot down
And bows, and twirls
And dances 'round and 'round

I found I was a cabin boy
Last night as I did dream
Bound upon a magic ship
For a land I'd never seen

And the moon she filled our sails
And the stars they steered out course
And on our bow
There was a golden horse

The queen eats fruit and candy
The bishop nuts and cheese
And when I am a grown man
I'll taste just what I please

The honey from the bee
The shellfish from the sea
The earth, the wind, a girl
Someone to share these things with me

I wouldn't wanna be a chimney sweep
(I'd rather be the gypsy)
All black from head to foot
(Camped at the edge of town)
From climbing in them chimneys
(The one who has the dancing bear)
And cleanin' out that soot
(That follows him around)

I'd rather be the gypsy
(I wouldn't wanna be a chimney sweep)
Camped at the edge of town
(All black from head to foot)
The one who has the dancing bear
(From climbing in them chimneys)
That follows him around
(And cleanin' out that soot)


6.Words of Love

Lyricist:J Phillips

Words of love, so soft and tender
Won't win a girl's heart anymore

If you love her, then you must send her
Somewhere where she's never been before
Worn out phrases and longing gazes
Won't get you where you want to go
(No)

Words of love, soft and tender
Won't win her

You oughta know by now
(You oughta know by now)
You oughta know
(You oughta know)
You oughta know by now
(You oughta know by now)

Words of love, soft and tender
Won't win her anymore

You oughta know by now
(You oughta know by now)
You oughta know
(You oughta know)
You oughta know by now
(You oughta know by now)

Words of love, soft and tender
Won't win a girls heart anymore

If you love her, then you must send her
Somewhere where she's never been before
Worn out phrases and longing gazes
Won't get you where you want to go

Words of love, soft and tender
Won't win her anymore, anymore


7.No Salt On Her Tail

Lyricist:John Phillips

Not in my arms, but on my mind
Yes, on my mind, but not in my arms
Time passes by and I watch her fly
Yes, I watch her fly and time passes by

Though it's hard for me I'm going to leave her free
'Cause that would be the best philosophy
Then she'll come to me so I feel that to be real that

This little bird, she can fly away
No salt on her tail
No cage to make her stay

Though it's hard for me I'm going to leave her free
'Cause that would be the best philosophy
She'll come to me so I feel that to be real

This little bird she can fly away
No salt on her tail
No, she can fly away

No cage to maker her stay
This little bird can fly away
No cage to make her stay


8.Look Through My Window

Lyricist:J Phillips

And the rain beats on my roof
And it does not ask for proof

It's not that lovers are unkind
She always said there'd come a time
When one would leave
And one stay behind

We both knew people sometimes change
And lovers sometimes rearrange
And nothing's quite as sure as change
And the rain beats on my roof

Look through my window
To the street below
See the people hurrying by
With someone to meet, some place to go
And I know I should let go

She always said, 'I'm not like you
When love is dead, for me it's through
And I will find and love someone new'
And I will find somebody new

Look through my window, yeah
To the street below
See the people hurrying by
With someone to meet, some place to go
And I know I should let go

I must admit she knew her mind
And it will not take her long to find
Another place where the sun will shine
(Another place where the sun will shine)
(Where the sun will shine, sun will shine)

And the rain beats on my roof
If I still require proof
Well, the rain beats on my roof
(She's gone)
If I still require proof
(She's gone)

Well, the rain beats on my roof
(Look through my window)
If I still require proof


9.Dancing in the Street

Lyricist:Marvin Gaye, Ivy Hunter, William Stevenson

Callin' out around the world
Are you ready for a brand new beat?
Summer's here and the time is right
For dancin' in the streets
They're dancin' in Chicago
Down in New Orleans, up in New York City

All we need is music
(Sweet music)
Sweet music
(Sweet music)
There'll be music everywhere
(Everywhere)
There'll be swingin' and swayin' and records playin'
And dancin' in the streets

Oh, it doesn't matter what you wear
Just as long as you are there
So come on, every guy grab a girl
(Come on)
Everywhere around the world
There'll be dancin'
They're dancin' in the street

This is an invitation
Across the nation
A chance for the folks to meet
There'll be laughin', singin', and music swingin'
And dancin' in the streets

Philadelphia, P.A.
(Philadelphia, P.A.)
Baltimore and DC now
(Baltimore and DC now)
Yeah, don't forget the Motor City
(Can't forget the Motor City)

All we need is music
(Sweet music)
Sweet music
(Sweet music)
There'll be music everywhere
(Everywhere)
There'll be swingin' and swayin' and records playin'
And dancin' in the street, yeah

Oh, it doesn't matter what you wear
Just as long as you are there
So come on, every guy grasp a girl
(Come on, come on)
Everywhere around the world

There'll be damm fun
Be dancin' in the streets
Philadelphia, P.A.
(Philadelphia, P.A.)
Baltimore and DC now
(Baltimore and DC now)
Can't forget that Motor City
(Can't forget the Motor City)
Way down in L.A., California
(Way down in L.A., California)

Not to mention Hafilax, Nova Scotia
Yes, I know}

Manchester?
And, oh, Amherst, Amherst
Alexandria?
And Virginia, Virginia

Falls Church?
Where's that?
Boyle heights? Never heard of it


10.Dedicated to the One I Love

Lyricist:Ralph Bass, Lowman Pauling

While I'm far away from you, my baby
I know it's hard for you, my baby
Because it's hard for me, my baby
And the darkest hour is just before dawn

Each night before you go to bed, my baby
Whisper a little prayer for me, my baby
And tell all the stars above
This is dedicated to the one I love

Love can never be exactly like we want it to be
I could be satisfied knowing you love me
There's one thing I want you to do especially for me
And it's something that everybody needs

While I'm far away from you, my baby
Whisper a little prayer for me, my baby
Because it's hard for me, my baby
And the darkest hour is just before dawn

If there's one thing I want you to do especially for me
Then it's something that everybody needs

Each night before you go to bed, my baby
Whisper a little prayer for me, my baby
And tell all the stars above
This is dedicated to the one I love

This is dedicated to the one I love
This is dedicated to the one I love
This is dedicated to the one I love
This is dedicated


11.Creeque Alley

Lyricist:Michelle Gilliam, John Phillips

John and Mitchy were gettin' kinda itchy
Just to leave their folk music behind
Zal 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'd pass the hat
McGuinn and McGuire just a-gettin' higher in L.A.
You know where that's at
And no one's gettin' fat except Mama Cass

Zal he 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 hat
McGuinn and McGuire still a-gettin 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 Swarthmore
But she changed her mind one day
Standin' on the turnpike, thumb out to hitchhike
'Take me to New York right away'

When Denny met Cass, he gave her love bumps
Called John and Zal and that was the Mugwumps
McGuinn 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 Zal formed the spoonful
Michelle, John, and Denny gettin' very tuneful
McGuinn and McGuire just a-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 Mitchy 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

Greasin' on American Express cards
Tents low rent, but keepin' out the heat's hard
Duffy's good vibrations and our imaginations
Can't go on indefinitely
And California dreamin' is becomin' a reality


12.Twist and Shout

Lyricist:Phil Medley, Bert Russell

Shake it up, baby
Now twist and shout
Shake it, shake it up, baby
C'mon and work it on out

You know you move real good girl
(Shake it up baby, now)
You know you move real fine
(Twist and shout)

C'mon and move a little closer
(Shake it up baby, now)
Now show the world that you're mine
(Now work it on out)

You know you got me goin'
(You know you got me goin')
Like I knew you would

You really, really got me goin', yeah
Just like I knew you could
(Like I knew you could)

C' mon, baby
(C'mon baby)
Twist and shout
(C'mon baby)
Shake it up baby
(C'mon and)
Work it on out

You know you move real good
You know you move real fine
C'mon and move a little closer girl
And let 'em know you're mine
(Shake)

You know you got me goin' girl
Like I knew you would
You really got me goin', yeah
Like I knew you could
Like I knew you would

Shake it up, baby
Shake it, baby
C'mon move a little closer


13.Twelve Thirty (Young Girls Are Coming to the Canyon)

Lyricist:John Phillips

I used to live in New York City
Everything there was dark and dirty
Outside my window was a steeple
With a clock that always said twelve thirty

Young girls are coming to the canyon
And in the mornings I can see them walking
I can no longer keep my blinds drawn
And I can't keep myself from talking

At first so strange to feel so friendly
To say good morning and really mean it
To feel these changes happening in me
But not to notice till I feel it

Young girls are coming to the canyon
And in the mornings I can see them walking
I can no longer keep my blinds drawn
And I can't keep myself from talking

Cloudy waters cast no reflection
Images of beauty lie there stagnant
Vibrations bounce in no direction
Both lie there shattered into fragments

Young girls are coming to the canyon
(Young girls are in the canyon)
And in the mornings I can see them walking
(In the mornings I can see them walking)
I can no longer keep my blinds drawn
(Can no longer keep my blinds drawn)
And I can't keep myself from talking


14.My Girl

Lyricist:William Robinson, Ronald White

I've got sunshine on a cloudy day
And when it's cold outside, I've got the month of May
I guess you'll say, what can make me feel this way?
My girl, I'm talking 'bout my girl

I've got so much honey, the bees envy me
I've got a sweeter song than the birds in the trees
I guess you'll say, what can make me feel this way?
My girl, I'm talking 'bout my girl

I don't need money, fortune, or fame
I got all the riches, baby, that one man can claim
I guess you'll say, what can make me feel this way?
My girl, talking 'bout my girl
(My girl, my girl)

Got so much honey, bees envy me
I got a sweeter song than the birds in the trees
Don't need no fortune, no money or fame
But when I got my girl


15.Safe In My Garden

Lyricist:John Phillips

Safe in my garden, an ancient flower blooms
And the scent from its nature, slowly squares my room
And its perfume being such that it's causing me to swoon

Safe in my garden, an ancient flower blooms
(Could it be we were hot wired, late one night we're very tired)
(They stole our minds and thought we'd never know it)
And the scent from its nature slowly squares my room
(With a bottle in each hand, too late to try to understand)
(We don't care where it lands we just throw it)

Somebody take us away, somebody take us away

Safe in my garden, an ancient flower blooms
(Could it be we were hot wired, late one night we're very tired)
(They stole our minds and thought we'd never know it)
And the scent from its nature slowly squares my room
(With a bottle in each hand, too late to try to understand)
(We don't care where it lands we just throw it)

And its perfume being such that it's causing me to swoon
(Somebody take us away)

When you go out in the street
So many hassles with the heat
No one there can fill your desire
Cops out with the megaphones
Telling people stay inside their home
Man, can't they see the world's on fire

Somebody take us away, take us away

Safe in our garden, an ancient flower blooms
And the scent from its nature slowly squares my room
(Cops out with the megaphones)
(Tellin' people stay inside their homes)
(Man, the world's on fire)

Take us away, take us away


16.Dream a Little Dream of Me

Lyricist:Fabian Andre, Gus Kahn, Wilbur Schwandt

You keep pouring into one glass
And you're never changing the straw
And now to sing this lovely ballad
Here is, Mama Cass

Stars shining bright above you
Night breezes seem to whisper, 'I love you'
Birds singing in the sycamore tree
Dream a little dream of me

Say, 'Nighty-night' and kiss me
Just hold me tight and tell me you'll miss me
While I'm alone, blue as can be
Dream a little dream of me

Stars fading but I linger on, dear
Still craving your kiss
I'm longing to linger till dawn, dear
Just saying this

Sweet dreams till sunbeams find you
Sweet dreams that leave all worries behind you
But in your dreams, whatever they be
Dream a little dream of me

Stars fading but I linger on, dear
Still craving your kiss
I'm longing to linger till dawn, dear
Just saying this

Sweet dreams till sunbeams find you
Sweet dreams that leave all worries far behind you
But in your dreams, whatever they be
Dream a little dream of me


17.California Dreamin'

Lyricist:Michelle Gilliam, John E A Phillips

All the leaves are brown and the sky is grey
I've been for a walk on a winters day
I'd be safe and warm if I was in L.A
California dreamin', on such a winters day

Stepped into a church I passed along the way
Well, I get down on my knees and I pretend to pray
You know the preacher likes the cold
He knows I'm gonna stay
California, California dreamin', on such a winters day

All the leaves are brown and the sky is grey
I've been for a walk on a winters day
If I didn't tell her I could leave today
California, California dreamin', on such a winters day

California dreamin', California dreamin', California dreamin'


18.Monday, Monday

Lyricist:John Phillips

Monday, Monday, so good to me
Monday morning, it was all I hoped it would be
Oh, Monday morning, Monday morning couldn't guarantee
That Monday evening you would still be here with me

Monday, Monday, can't trust that day
Monday, Monday, sometimes it just turns out that way
Oh, Monday morning, you gave me no warning of what was to be
Oh, Monday, Monday, how could you leave and not take me?

Every other day, every other day
Every other day of the week is fine, yeah
But whenever Monday comes but whenever Monday comes
You can find me crying all of the time

Monday, Monday, so good to me
Monday morning, it was all I hoped it would be
But Monday morning, Monday morning couldn't guarantee
That Monday evening you would still be here with me

Every other day, every other day
Every other day of the week is fine, yeah
But whenever Monday comes but whenever Monday comes
You can find me crying all of the time

Monday, Monday, can't trust that day
Monday, Monday, it just turns out that way
Oh, Monday, Monday, won't go away
Monday, Monday, it's here to stay
Oh Monday, Monday, oh Monday, Monday, oh


19.Glad to Be Unhappy

Lyricist:Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers

Fools rush in, so here I am
Awfully glad to be unhappy
I can't win but here I am
More than glad to be unhappy

Unrequited love's a bore, yeah
And I've got it pretty bad
But for someone you adore
It's a pleasure to be sad

Like a straying baby lamb
With no mama and no papa
I'm so unhappy, I'm so unhappy, yeah

Unrequited love's a bore, yeah
And I've got it pretty bad
But for someone you adore
It's a pleasure to be sad

Like a straying baby lamb
With no mama and no papa
I'm so unhappy, I'm so unhappy, yeah
But oh so glad


20.Go Where You Wanna Go

Lyricist:John Phillips

You gotta go where you wanna go
And do what you wanna do
With whoever you wanna do it with

You gotta go where you wanna go
And do what you wanna do
With whoever you wanna do it with

You don't understand
That a girl like me can love just one man
Three thousand miles, that's how far you'll go
And you said to me, 'Please don't follow'

You gotta go where you wanna go
And do what you wanna do
With whoever you wanna do it with

You gotta go where you wanna go
And do what you wanna do
With whoever you wanna do it with

You don't understand
That a girl like me can love just one man
You've been gone a week, and I tried so hard
Not to be the cryin' kind, not to be the girl you left behind

You gotta go where you wanna go
And do what you wanna do
With whoever you wanna do it with

You gotta go where you wanna go
And do what you wanna do
With whoever you wanna do it with

You gotta go where you wanna go
And do what you wanna do
With whoever you wanna do it with