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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Three Dog Night
Performer
Mike Allsup
Guitar
J. Greenspoon
Keyboards
Joe Schermie
Bass Guitar
Floyd Sneed
Drums
Cory Wells
Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Randy Newman
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Richard Podolor
Producer
Gabriel Mekler
Producer
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)
Writer(s): Randy Newman
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