"Mama Told Me (Not To Come)"

(As recorded by Three Dog Night)
RANDY NEWMAN

Want some whiskey in your water, sugar in your tea?
What's all these crazy questions they're asking me?
This is the craziest party that could ever be
Don't turn on the lights, 'cause I don't want to see!

Mama told me not to come
Mama told me not to come
That ain't the way to have fun, no
Uh-uh

Open up the window, let some air into this room
I think I'm almost choking from the smell of stale perfume
And that cigarette you're smoking, it's scared me half to death!
Open up the window some more, let me catch my breath

Mama told me not to come
Mama told me not to come
That ain't the way to have fun, son
That ain't the way to have fun, son

The radio is blastin', someone's knockin' at the door
I'm looking at my girlfriend, she's passed out on the floor!
I've seen so many things I ain't never seen before
Don't know what it is, I don't want to see no more!

Mama told me not to come
Mama told me not to come, she said
That ain't the way to have fun, son
That ain't the way to have fun, no

Mama told me, mama told me, mama told me
Mama told me, mama told me, mama told me
Mama told me, mama told me, mama told me

That ain't the way to have fun, no
That ain't the way to have fun, son
That ain't the way to have fun, no
That ain't the way to have fun, son
Listen to me
That ain't the way to have fun, no
That ain't the way to have fun, son
That ain't the way to have fun, no
That ain't the way to have fun, son

(c) Copyright 1966 by January Music Corporation.

- SONG HITS, Summer 1974.