Flatt & Scruggs Lyrics
"California Uptight Band"

I made a trip to California just last week to get those cats to lay 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 'til he found the beat he nearly picked me off my feet

I stayed and I taught him a tone 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 sound 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