The Mamas & The Papas - Mansions

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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

Limousines and laughter
Parties everafter
If you play the game, you pay the price---
Purchasing a piece of paradise
Changes...changing...

Fog and rain...
((?) and trains...)
Londontown the same...
(On the road again....)
Borrowing (?) from friends...
(Dirges and pain...)
Circles have...
(Circles have...)
No end

Paris and Rome---
Making their scene
But missing our own
Beatles and Stones---
Then on the phone
And come back home
Changes...changing...

Nothing left to bind us;
People cannot find us
You live your life a
And live it as you please
(Please, please, please)
Live your life exactly as you please
(Please, please, please)
Live your life and live it as you please
(Please, please, please)
Live your life exactly as you please
(Please, please, please)
Please, live your life just as you please

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The Mamas and the Papas were a folk rock and psychedelic pop vocal group who recorded and performed on 1965–1968. They’re a defining force in the music scene of the counterculture of the ‘60s—the hippie movement.

Their sound was based on vocal harmonies arranged by John Phillips, the songwriter, musician, and leader of the group who adapted folk to the new beat style of the early sixties.

The Mamas & The Papas released a total of five studio albums and seventeen singles over a four-year period, six of which made the Billboard top ten, and have sold close to 40 million records worldwide. These hit singles were:

No. 4: “California Dreamin'” No. 1: “Monday, Monday” No. 5: “I Saw Her Again” No. 5: “Words of Love” No. 2: “Dedicated to the One I Love” No. 5: “Creeque Alley” The band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998 for their contributions to the music industry. The band reunited briefly to record the album People Like Us in 1971, but had ceased touring and performing by that time.

LINEUP: John Phillips: vocals
Denny Doherty: vocals
Cass Elliot: vocals
Michelle Phillips: vocals