Apparently this song was written as a joke. Record producers had wanted another smash hit like “Happy Together”, a song disliked by several in the band. They wrote deliberately wrote sappy lyrics like “Gee I think you’re swell” thinking it would never sell. Go figure. Not a bad tune though.
>>Apparently this song was written as a joke. <<
That explains the “etc.”lyric. And it makes it VERY funny.
I liked this song better once I learned it was written as a joke.
Another fun fact about the Turtles: Three members of the band went on to join the Mothers of Invention.