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Food

by The Turtles

on The Turtles Present The Battle of the Bands (1968)

Hamburgers, cheeseburgers, spaghetti, rice
French fried potatoes and goulash (Food!)
Eggs over easy, asparagus spears
Hot dogs and baked beans and sauerkraut
Black-bottomed mushrooms and chicken pot pie
Pink lemonade on the Fourth of July

But there's one thing that we'd gladly doff our shells for
So we present our recipe and wish you well, for

You take
Two thirds cups of flour
A teaspoon full of salt
A quarter pound of butter
Add an egg and blend it out
Two squares of dark chocolate
Walnuts, pot and sugar
A teaspoon of bakin' powder
Thirty minutes in the heat and it's over

Tea, biscuits, tomato soup, ham on rye
Hot apple, pineapple sundae (Food!)
Honeydew, artichoke, hearts of lettuce
Buttered bagels and lox, cream cheese, rhubarb (Food!)

Peanut butter sandwiches, English muffins
Kumquats, berries, fish, steak and grapefruit
Poi, pecan nuts and chocolate mousse, grits, parsnips
And toast, marmalade, shish kebab, turtle soup

(Well, those brownies oughta be just about ready now
Why don't we go have one, hmm?
I mean, really)