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PERFORMING ARTISTS
Three Dog Night
Three Dog Night
Performer
Mike Allsup
Mike Allsup
Guitar
J. Greenspoon
J. Greenspoon
Keyboards
Joe Schermie
Joe Schermie
Bass Guitar
Floyd Sneed
Floyd Sneed
Drums
Cory Wells
Cory Wells
Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Randy Newman
Randy Newman
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Richard Podolor
Richard Podolor
Producer
Gabriel Mekler
Gabriel Mekler
Producer
Bill Cooper
Bill Cooper
Engineer

Lyrics

Want some whiskey in your water? Sugar in your tea? What's all these crazy questions You're askin' me? This is the craziest party That could ever be Don't turn on the lights 'Cause I don't wanna see Mama told me not to come, oh Lord Mama told me not to come She said, "That ain't the way to have fun, no" Open up the window Let some air into this room I think I'm almost chokin' From the smell of stale perfume And that cigarette you're smokin' 'Bout scared me half to death Open up the window, sucker Let me catch my breath Mama told me not to come, oh Lord 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, son" The radio is blastin' Someone's knockin' at the door I'm lookin' at my girlfriend She's passed out on the floor I've seen so many things I ain't never seen before I don't know what it is Somebody shut that door Mama told me not to come, oh Lord 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, mama, mama told me (ma, ma, ma, mama, oh-oh, yeah), mother I wanna, I wanna, I wanna, I wanna love (ma, ma, ma, oh) (no-no) Somebody tell me, singing That ain't the way to have fun, oh yeah That ain't the way to have fun Somebody (that ain't the way to have fun) Ooh, I wanna tell you (that ain't the way to have fun, son) My baby, my baby, my baby, yeah-yeah (ma, ma, ma) (She said) whoo! Sing it (That ain't the way to have fun) whoo-yeah (That ain't the way to have fun) I wanna tell you that (That ain't the way to have fun) whoo That ain't the way to have fun, son Oh Lord, oh Lord, oh Lord, yeah (ma, ma, ma)
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