The Mamas And The Papas

How many roads must a man walk down Before you call him a man? Yes, 'n' how many seas must a white dove sail Before she sleeps in the sand? How many times must the cannon balls fly Before they're forever banned? The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind, T...

Blueberries for breakfast, love in the afternoon Butterflies in my trousers under the August moon Blueberries for breakfast, love in the afternoon Butterflies in my trousers under the August moon Drive you to the airport, wait till it's time to go I've c...

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 alw...

All the leaves are brown and the sky is gray I've been for a walk on a winter's day I'd be safe and warm if I was in L.A. California dreamin' on such a winter's day Stopped in to a church I passed along the way Well I got down on my knees and I pretend to pra...

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' hig...

I wouldn't want to be a chimney sweep, all black from head to foot from climbing in them chimneys and cleaning out that soot with a broom and ladder and nail the darkened walls i scale and far..and high.. I see a patch of sky I'd rather be the gypsy...

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 mu...

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...

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 nothing could go wrong Right, I know you did oh, you kid Did you really think that she'll be t...

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? Come on pretty...

Stars shining bright above you Night breezes seem to whisper "I love you" Birds singin' in the sycamore tree Dream a little dream of me Say night-ie-night and kiss me Just hold me tight and tell me you'll miss me While I'm alone and blue as can be Dream a lit...

Return your velvet suit to theatrical rent The streets of Soho will never repent And the tears that you cry rain on you And the tears that you cry are for you One for Napoleon after Waterloo The madman came, he was hysterically spent The price out outra...

Now I know just how you feel, it was real When I broke your heart. Now I know just why you cried when I lied And I broke your heart. Now I know just how you feel, And I know that it was real Now I know just why you cried When I lied, I lied, I lied....

I never thought I'd try for the love of Ivy I never thought I'd cry for the love of Ivy Somebody hide me from the love, the love of Ivy It takes up all of your time to fall in love with Ivy (Here cometh Ivy, Ivy) If I gathered all my means (All my means) In a...

A bit of free advice, we'll tell it to you now If you've got some habits some people won't allow Be cool, be clean if you know what I mean We've all got our ups, we've all got our downs Some of us are careless and leave 'em layin' around Be neat, discree...

hey baby! i feel so frustrated today. you took all the love i could give you and you, you took it away. don't try to hide the fact that you don't care. i knew it this morning when i woke up with no underwear. yeah, baby, we had a groovy thing goin' on bu...

Though you're not quite seven What is most like Heaven It's the joy that's found with your arms around Just the right somebody to love Soft rhythms of her feet Soft buckskin next to my cheek Oh, the long hair unbound tumbling down Musical songs without...

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...

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

Got a feelin' that I'm wastin' time on you babe Got a feelin' that you've been untrue I got a feelin' that you're stealin' All the love I thought I was givin' to you Baby it's true Got a feelin' that you're playin' some game with me babe Got a feelin' t...

Grasshopper cannot stop her roaming And her home and friends Don't mean anything no more Show stopper, you cannot top her With a cowboy grace Can't stay in one place too long, too long Tip topper, she told such a whopper But everyone knows When winte...

Hey girl, i know hes put you down for every new love that he has found hey girl, i know youre feeling sad Youre sad and blue, just remember why your feeling sad im waiting on you, yeah I know hes only trying to score i've seen him, i've seen him play...

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're 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'...

I can't wait to say good-bye I can't wait to make you cry I can't wait, I can't wait to let you down I can't wait, can't wait to hear you say That you love me and you'll change your ways But I'll say, but I'll say I'd rather be free It's gonna be so goo...

Cry your eyes out over me Don't ya see, don't ya see All the things they said are true I've been mean to you I don't want to know I don't want to know I don't want to know I don't want to know I don't want to know About you You gave me all the love...

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抰 I wouldn't. But what can I do; I'm lonely too. And it makes me feel so good to know She'll never leave me. I'm in way over my head;...

She wants to be onstage, front page. I'll sign the dotted line; You know, I'm gonna shine. She just needs that big break, that great take To start my new career; You'll see that I'm sincere And I won't blow it. Uh, Mister Director? Please... Don't...

Here we stand hand in hand Watching the stars shine Watching the stars shine I'll remember tonight If I do understand Tonight you are mine, mine Tonight you are mine, mine I'll remember tonight How long I've waited for a night like this Come to me,...

Once I believed that when love came to me It would come with rockets, bells and poetry But with me and you it just started quietly and grew And believe it or not Now there's something groovy and good 'Bout whatever we got And it's getting better Growin...

In a place far from here Circled by mountains Her skirts are raised She gently sways [Incomprehensible] deceive Lady Genevieve Blue [Incomprehensible], crystal sphere Slowly, revolving Her life is seen The blues are green Kings cannot believe Lad...

All my bags are packed, I'm ready to go I'm standing here outside your door I hate to wake you up to say goodbye But the dawn is breaking, its early morn The taxi's waiting, he's blowin' his horn Already I'm so lonesome I could die So kiss me and smile for me...

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 a...

I am disillusion with love. I wonder why they invented it. If i'd have been in charge of all that, you can bet that i, i would have prevented it. Eyes that grieved don't ever seem to be the same again, just look at me. this sort of tears seem to just fal...

Sitting in our mansion, guarded by expansion Questioning our motives and our means Wondering why this isn't like the dream Walls of wealth surround us, people cannot hound us A gentle Spanish lady cooks our meals But we never ask her how she feels Limo...

Transcendental mama travels Feet barely touch the ground Time don't mean a thing Except that the world goes around Meditation woman Rather walk than ride Never really quite convinced She's not supposed to fly Mojo daddy mystic Wants both feet on the...

On a midnight voyage One that has no ending And it's sending me The things that I need Far away from shore Further than I've been before But I feel the strength of the new sea (Of a midnight voyage for just what you need) Dreams come and go And I si...

Hit it, Hal Early in the mornin', she hitched a ride down to Louisville Holdin' onto a hundred dollar bill Dressed herself like a Cajun Queen in New Orleans, baby Yeah, she looked good, like a lady Do it to me, James And the Mississippi River runs lik...

Monday Monday, so good to me, Monday Monday, 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 o...

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 talkin' 'bout my girl I've got so much honey the bees envy me I've got a sweeter song than the birds i...

I took one look at you; That's all I meant to do. And then...and then my heart stood still. My feet could step and walk; My lips could move and talk...and talk, And yet...and yet my heart stood still. Though not a single word was spoken (Not a single word wa...

No dough, no place to go Art deco on the late night show We'll climb into bed Do like we said and lie spooned And you give your love to me Then I'll give it back to you Pass the chips You've got salt on your lips Not the news It gives you the blues...

Not in my arms, but on my mind there's someone 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...

A Thursday night meeting To talk with your dad. He said that the organization Makes his heart feel glad. I picked out a movie; we went with your dad. And he said that it's this kind of movie That'll turn a good kid bad. He should know cause he's a dad And he...

Once was a time I thought that love could be sold or bought And everything fell in place for me The fashion of passion, I rationed with caution Because of the notion, the potion of passion Had never been passed to me But since it was Sunday and sunny, I...

Rollin' along Pacific Coast Highway Bummin' along to my radio Saw a blond hitchin' my way Rolled up and said, "How far do you wanna go?" She been hummin', thumbin' Hitchin' and wishin' For a good day On Pacific Coast Highway Looked in at me and when...

First star I see tonight I wish I may, I wish I might Have the wish I wish tonight A banker's daughter or a runaway girl A little lady or a honky-tonk Pearl Has to find someplace in this world Where she feels at home A banker's daughter is so hard to...

People like us So much in love People who just Trust one another Ooh, what a dump Now it's a palace Where a Dixie cup Becomes a chalice For people like us (For people like us) So much in love (So much in love) Lassos of love (Lassos of love) T...

Rooms that we have lived in The things that they have seen Rooms that you shared with me And the rooms in between When you're gone, there's a drought of love Mornings we would wake up Just to taste our love again Afraid of some break-up Before the da...

Safe in my garden, an ancient flower blooms. And the descent of its nature slowly squares my room. And it's parfume, leaks out and it's cousing me to swoon. [repeats once] ("safe in my garden" repeatet in the background) When you go out in the street, s...

You were a shooting star, weren't you, Till moon dust came along and burned you? You ought to do what you do, you ought to do. You ought to do what you do, you ought to do. Across the milky way, waving... You know your heart is worth saving. You ought...

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 will...

Snowqueen of Texas Left Paris in a cloud of smoke. They say that she may be beaten, But I know that she's not broke. She's living in a cool green farmhouse; If you go to Houston, Be quiet as a mouse. Met a man in Beirut Having her name tattooed on h...

I need somebody groovy Someone whose able to move me, yeah, yeah They gotta move me like they should And when I find somebody, yeah, I'm gonna treat 'em good No, don't need no imitations No, can't use my imagination, no, yeah, yeah They gotta move me li...

And in the naked light I saw ten thousand people maybe more people talking without speaking people hearing without listening people writing songs that voices never share no one dare disturb the sound of silence 

There is a rose in Spanish Harlem, A red rose up in Spanish Harlem. It is a special one; it's never seen the sun. It only comes out when the moon is on the run And all the stars are gleaming. It's growing in the street right up through the concrete But soft an...

Hey, did somebody break your heart With a careless word? Did someone tear your life apart Never knowin' you were hurt? Or did somebody try to break you In two for a laugh to see what you would do? Well, if someone broke your heart Let me fix it up for you An...

Don't get me mad, don't tell no lie. don't make me sad, don't pass me by. But baby, are you holding, holding anything but me? 'cause I'm a real straight shooter if you know what I mean. You can bring me love, you can hang around. You can bring me up, do...

Strange young girls Covered with sadness Eyes of innocence Hiding their madness Walking the strip Sweet, soft and placid Offering their youth On the altar of acid Thinking these gifts Were sent by the dove All for the trip Accompanied by love Ge...

I fell in love with the string man Who played guitar in a rock n' 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 s...

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That kind of girl would let you down; That kind of girl will always run around. That kind of girl the kind that You always fall for, my friend; Your love is really a dull bore. Imagine your surprise When you look in her eyes And, baby, she's not ther...

I'm in with the in crowd I go where the in crowd goes I'm in with the in crowd And I know what the in crowd knows Any time of the year, don't you hear Dressin' fine, makin' time We breeze up and down the street We get respect from the people we meet Th...

What makes life the sweetest, Bestest, and completest? Not a big doll house or a Mickey Mouse, But the right somebody to love. Ice cream, cake, and candy May be fine and dandy--- But if you ask me, they aren't one, two, three To the right somebody to l...

You've been keeping me lonely You've been keeping me down And I'm sitting here wondering Why I'm still hanging around The night's grown cold, babe Can't you see the signs? Ah, there's no use wasting This precious time Look out your window Ah, can't...

When it's too late for talking, But it's too early to be walking And your world slowly stops its spin... When the mind that once was open shuts And no one can get in... And we know that you've faking, And there's no give or taking... And no one's really sure...

You're gonna trip, stumble, and fall. And though I know you're having a ball, You'd better listen my friend (Oh listen my friend, yeah...) This is the end - (This could be the end...) Someone's gonna make you crawl. (Someone's gonna make you crawl.) Yo...

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 blind...

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)...

Wynken and Blynken and Nod one night Sailed off in a wooden shoe Sailed on a river of crystal light Into a sea of dew "Now where are you going And what do you wish?" The old moon asked the three "We have come to fish for the herring fish That live in...

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, Wo...

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)...