Jug Band Music Lyrics - Lovin Spoonful

I was down in Savannah 

Eatin' cream and bannanas 

When the heat just made me faint 

I began to get crosseyed 

I thought I was lost 

I'd begun to see things as they ain't 

As the relatives gathered to see what's the matter 

The doctor came to see was I done 

But the doctor said give him jug band music, 

It seems to make him feel just fine 

I was told a little tail about a skinny as a rail 

L.A. put cowboy with a headache 

He was hung up in the desert swappin' rats 

And tryin' ta get a drink of water with his knees gettin' mud caked 

And I'll tell you and exceptance how he stumbled into Memphis Tennessee 

Hardly crawlin', lookin' dust baked 

We gave 'im little water; a little bit of wine 

He opened up his eyes but they didn't seem to shine 

And the doctor said give him jug band music 

It seems to make him feel just fine 

So if you ever get sickly 

Get sister run quickly to the dusty closet shelf 

And pull out a washboard; and play a guitar chord 

And do a little do it yourself 

Call on your neighbors to put down their labors 

And come and play the hardware in time 

'Cause the doctor said give him jug band music 

It seems to make him feel just fine 

I was floatin' in the ocean 

Greased with suntan lotion 

When I got wiped out by a beach boy 

He was surfin' when he hit me but jumped off his board to get me 

And he dragged me by the armpit like a child's toy 

As we staggerd into land with all the waitors eatin' sandwiches 

We tried to mooch a towel from the hoi poloi 

He emptied out his eardrums; I emptied out mine 

And everybody knows that the very last line is 

The doctor said give him jug band music 

It seems to make him feel just fine