California Uptight Band

(Tom T. Hall)



I made a trip to California just last week

To get those cats to lay some sounds on me

There on the corner of a parking lot

Was six kids playin' dirty rock.



It was the California Uptight Band

A way out hippy was the guitar man

I asked him to pick a little Wildwood Flower

He looked at me kinda sour.



He said what's wild about a wood flower man

I told him maybe you don't understand

I hummed him a little till he found the beat

He nearly picked me off my feet.



I stayed and I taught him a tune or two

A little Earl's Breakdown and some Mountain Dew

And now this group has got a brand new style

They're drivin' California wild.



Now it's a brand new California Uptight Band

Now they're the leaders of the west coast plan

A little education from the country side

They're takin' California for a ride.



I wouldn't put you on cause it ain't no gag

The Uptight Band has got a brand new bag

If you see the California Uptight Band

Tell them you're a wood flower man.



Now it's a brand new California Uptight Band

Playin' a song about a wood flower man

Now it's a brand new California Uptight Band

Playin' a song about a wood flower man.



A brand new California Uptight Band

Playin' a song about a wood flower man...