If You’re Going to San Francisco

To the tune of Scott McKenzie’s “San Francisco”

If you’re going to San Francisco,

Be sure to wear a clothespin on your nose.

Don’t be going to San Francisco.

A big open-air toilet that smells not like a rose.

Those who come to San Francisco

Have to consult a very detailed map

For where it’s safe in San Francisco

To stay away from the many piles of crap.

All across the nation

So much mad agitation.

So much commotion.

We’re watching degeneration

Called re-imagination.

Just so much commotion;

So much commotion.

If you come to San Francisco,

Be sure to wear a clothespin on your nose.

If you come to San Francisco,

That pin’s for more than clothes.

If you come to San Francisco,

Be sure to study that map.

David Martin

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