歌词
John and Mitchie were gettin' kind of itchy
John和Michelle Phillips（当时the New Journeymen团员）对新音乐非常渴望
Just to leave the folk music behind;
对以前的民谣失去了兴趣
Zal and Denny workin' for a penny
Zal Yanovsky和Denny Doherty为了钱而工作
Tryin' to get a fish on the line.
努力尝试着“钓大鱼”（拿到音乐合同）
In a coffee house Sebastian sat,
就在John Sebastian坐着的那家咖啡厅里
And after every number they'd pass the hat.
就在所有人经过了那顶礼帽之后
McGuinn and McGuire just a-gettin' higher in L.A.,
有人说Roger McGuinn（the Byrds成员）和Barry McGuire现在在洛杉矶很厉害
You know where that's at.
你明白我的意思吧？
And no one's gettin' fat except Mama Cass.
而除了Cass Elliot之外，没有人会长胖的
Zallie said, "Denny, you know there aren't many
Zal说“你知道的，Denny"
Who can sing a song the way that you do; let's go south."
"没有多少人能够像你那样唱歌，咱们往南走吧“
Denny said, Zallie, golly, don't you think that I wish
Denny说“天啊，Zal，你知不知道”
I could play guitar like you."
“我多么希望能像你这样弹吉他”
Zal, Denny, and Sebastian sat (at the Night Owl)
Zal, Denny和Sebastian就坐着（在格林尼治村的夜鸮咖啡厅）
And after every number they'd pass the hat.
就在所有人经过了那顶礼帽之后
McGuinn and McGuire still a-gettin higher in L.A.,
有人说Roger McGuinn和Barry McGuire现在在洛杉矶越来越厉害
You know where that's at.
你明白我的意思吧？
And no one's gettin' fat except Mama Cass.
而除了Cass之外，没有人会长胖的
When Cass was a sophomore, planned to go to Swathmore
当Cass还是个大二学生，想要去斯沃斯莫尔学院
But she changed her mind one day.
但在某天她改变了主意（去到了华盛顿的美利坚大学）
Standin' on the turnpike, thumb out to hitchhike,
站在高速公路上，伸出手拦了一辆顺风车
"Take me to New York right away."
“快，带我去纽约吧”
When Denny met Cass he gave her love bumps;
当Denny遇到Cass时，他给了她爱的碰撞
Called John and Zal and that was the Mugwumps.
于是把John和Zal叫到一起，组建了the Mugwumps这支乐队
McGuinn and McGuire couldn't get no higher
Roger McGuinn和Barry McGuire现在在洛杉矶不能更厉害了（两人在1965年发行了三首冠军单曲）
But that's what they were aimin' at.
但他们依然拥有目标
And no one's gettin' fat except Mama Cass.
而除了Cass之外，没有人会长胖的
Mugwumps, high jumps, low slumps, big bumps -
The Mugwumps乐队，高高低低，跌跌撞撞
Don't you work as hard as you play.
你工作时不应该像你演奏时那样努力吗？
Make up, break up, everything is shake up;
组建，解散，所有人都在重组
Guess it had to be that way.
估计事情也只能这样
Sebastian and Zal formed the 'Spoonful;
John Sebastian和Zal Yanovsky组建了乐队“the Lovin' Spoonful"
Michelle, John, and Denny gettin' very tuneful.
而John, Michelle和Denny则配合出了美妙的和声
McGuinn and McGuire just a-catchin' fire in L.A.,
Roger McGuinn和Barry McGuire现在在洛杉矶火到不行
You know where that's at.
你明白我的意思吧？
And everybody's gettin' fat except Mama Cass.
而除了Cass之外，所有人会长胖的
Broke, busted, disgusted, agents can't be trusted,
破产了，很烦恼，经纪人根本不值得信任
And Mitchie wants to go to the sea.
而Michelle想去海边（在美属维尔京群岛）逛逛
Cass can't make it; she says we'll have to fake it -
Cass她去不了，她说我们要假装一下
We knew she'd come eventually.
但我们知道，她反正最后会来
Greasin' on American Express cards;
把美国运通的信用卡涂上油（表示不再打算还款）
Tents low rent, but keeping out the heat's hard.
住在廉租房里，但想要远离酷热实在太难
Duffy's good vibrations and our imaginations
Hugh Duffy（他们所去的海边的一家俱乐部的老板）的俱乐部的美妙体验
Can't go on indefinitely.
还有我们的想象力不能无限期地持续
And California dreamin' is becomin' a reality.
然后歌曲“California Dreamin'"便成为了现实
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