Artist : MAMAS AND THE PAPAS, THE
Album : Deliver
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...

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Artist : MAMAS AND THE PAPAS, THE
Album : Deliver
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 tree.
I guess you'll say
What can make me feel this way?
My girl - I'm talking 'bout my girl.

Hey, hey, hey...
Hey, hey, hey...

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 (my girl, my girl) - talking 'bout my girl

(Hey, hey, hey - hey, hey, hey)
I've got so much honey the bees envy me
(Hey, hey, hey - hey, hey, hey)
I got a sweeter song than the birds in the tree
(Hey, hey, hey - hey, hey, hey)
Don't need no fortune, no money or fame
(Hey, hey, hey...)
But when I got my girl...

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Artist : MAMAS AND THE PAPAS, THE
Album : Deliver
John and Mitchie were gettin' kind of itchy
Just to leave the 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.
Zallie said, "Denny, you know there aren't many
Who can sing a song the way that you do; let's go south."
Denny said, Zallie, 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 Swathmore
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 Mitchie 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 keeping out the heat's hard.
Duffy's good vibrations and our imaginations
Can't go on indefinitely.
And California dreamin' is becomin' a reality...

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Artist : MAMAS AND THE PAPAS, THE
Album : Deliver
Sing for your supper, and you'll get breakfast;
Songbirds always eat
If their song is sweet to hear.
Sing for your luncheon, and you'll get dinner -
Dine with wine of choice
If romance is in your voice.

I heard from wise canary,
Trilling makes a fellow willing;
So, little swallow, swallow now.
Now is the time to
Sing for your supper and you'll get breakfast.
Songbirds are not dumb;
They don't buy a crumb of bread,
It's said...
So sing and you'll be fed.

I heard from wise canary,
Trilling makes a fellow willing;
So, little swallow, swallow now.
Now is time to sing for your supper, and you'll get breakfast.
Songbirds are not dumb;
They never buy a crumb of bread,
It is said...
So sing, and you'll be fed, oh yeah -
Just sing and you'll be fed.

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Artist : MAMAS AND THE PAPAS, THE
Album : Deliver
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...)
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...

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Artist : MAMAS AND THE PAPAS, THE
Album : Deliver
A bit of free advice (vice) -
We'll tell it to you now (nice, twice).
If you've got some habits
Some people won't allow (won't allow, allow)...
Be cool; be clean
If you know what I mean.

We've all got our ups (ups, ups);
We've all got our downs (we've all got our downs).
Some of us are careless
And leave 'em layin' around (layin' round, around)
Be neat, discreet,
And keep your ear to the ground.
Everyone has had a loved one who's far, far away.
And if you don't want to take that trip someday...
(Think twice)
Be cool (be cool);
Be clean (be clean)
If you know what I mean.

Everyone has had a loved one who's far far away;
And if you don't wanna take that trip someday -
A bit of free advice (vice, vice)
We'll tell it to you now (tell it to you now)
If you've got some habits
Some people won't allow (won't allow, allow)...
Everyone has had a loved one...
Don't be out on the street...
Everyone has had a loved one...
If you know what I mean...

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Artist : MAMAS AND THE PAPAS, THE
Album : Deliver
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 ...

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Artist : MAMAS AND THE PAPAS, THE
Album : Deliver
Boys and girls have a good time together;
Boys and girls, you know they're birds of a feather.
Like two sides of a coin,
They are forever joined.
Heads or tails - choose one or the other;
Be my friend or be my lover.

Boys and girls (boys and girls) should always have someone;
Boys and girls (boys and girls) should never be lonesome.
(Should never be lonesome)

Heads or tails - choose one or the other;
Be my friend or be my lover.
Like two sides of a coin,
They are forever joined.
Boys and girls (boys and girls) have a good time together;
Boys and girls (boys and girls), you know they're birds of a feather.
(Are birds of a feather...)

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Artist : MAMAS AND THE PAPAS, THE
Album : Deliver
I fell in love with the string man
Who played guitar in a rock and roll band.
And every night I'd watch them play
But it happened at the matinee -
How I squirmed when he bent those strings,
And I screamed when he started to sing.
The way he moved and looked so groovy,
Well, ya know, he did something to me.
String man...string man...string man...string man...
So I followed the string man
Who played guitar in a string band.
And every night I'd watch them play,
And they got better everyday.
Pretty soon, and what do ya think (what do you think),
Everybody's saying they're the biggest thing (the biggest thing) -
Hit records and making the scene (the scene),
Sexy pictures in the fan magazines.
String man...string man...string man...string man...

I strung along with the string man;
He always called me his biggest fan.
Though he was kind, I should have known better
Than to think we'd always stay together.
And then one night the show was wild and loud,
And I saw a pretty girl out in the crowd.
She waved at him and caught his eye;
The way he looked at her it made me cry.
String man -
String man...string man...string man...
String man...string man...string man...
String man...string man...string man...

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Artist : MAMAS AND THE PAPAS, THE
Album : Deliver
Did you ever want to cry,
But you didn't know just why?
Did you ever sit up all night long
Just listening to that same old song -
The one they played when she said nothin' could go wrong?
Right, I know you did; oh, you kid -
Did you really think that she'd be true?
Wasn't that rather naive of you?
And now she's dropped you like a worn-out shoe.

She's got you drinking gin,
And you know that's a sin.
You go honky-tonkin' every night;
You get drunk and then you start a fight.
I know that you think that it's alright -
Wrong, it's not the way to live; you only get what you give!
You can live your life just as you please,
But, when you lie with dogs, you gotta get fleas.
And now she's brought you down to your knees.
Arms that used to hold you tight -
You miss them in the middle of night.
You burned a candle at both ends;
Now it's too late...too late to make amends.
You've even lost your old time friends...

Enemies glad to see you down;
People, they don't want you hangin' round.
Did you ever want to cry,
But you didn't know just why?
Right, I know you did.
Wrong, it's not the way to live.
Did you ever want to cry...

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