Cm: Cheech Marin  
tc: Tommy Chong 
 
Cm: (Playing piano) "Mamacita, donde esta Santa Cleese… The vato wit da 
Bony knees… He comin' down da street wit no choos on his feet… And he's 
Going to… " No, no, that's ain't it… "Mamacita, donde esta Santa 
Claus… Da guy wit da hair on his jaws… He's… " Nah. Hey, man, come 
Over here, man. I need some help, man 
Tc: Yeah, man, I can dig that. Like, what are ya doin', man? 
Cm: Aw, I'm trying to write a song about Santa Claus, man, but it's not 
Comin' out… 
Tc: About who, man? 
Cm: About Santa Claus, man. You know, Santa Claus, man? 
Tc: Oh, yeah, man. I played with those dudes, man 
Cm: what? 
Tc: Yeah, last year at the Philmore, man. Me and the base player sat in, man 
Cm: Oh, hey, man, you think Santa Claus is a group, huh? No, it's not a 
Group, man 
Tc: Wha? They break up, man? 
Cm: No, man. It's one guy, man. Y'know, he had a.. A red suit, man, on with 
Black padded leather choos… You know the guy, man 
Tc: Oh, yeah… He's with Motown, ain't he? Yeah, I played with that dude 
Too, man. He's a good singer, man 
Cm: No, no, hold on, man. He's not with Motown, man 
Tc: Well, then he's with Buddha, man 
Cm: Aw, man, you don't know who Santa Claus is, man! 
Tm: Yeah, well, I'm not from here, man. Like, I'm from Pittsburgh, man. I 
Don't know to many local dudes 
Cm: Ohhh, I see. Well, hey, man, sit back and relax and I'll tell you da 
Story about Santa Claus, man. Listen: 
 
Once upon a time, about, hmmm, five years ago, there was this groovy dude 
And has name was Santa Claus, y'know? And he used to live over in the 
Projects with his old lady, and they had a pretty good thing together 
Because his old lady was really fine, and she could cook and all that 
Stuff like that, y'know. Like, she made da best brownies in town, man! 
Oh, I could remember 'em now, man. I could eat one of 'em, man… 
 
Tc: Wow, did you know these people, man? 
Cm: Oh, yeah, man. They used to live next door to me, y'know… Until they 
Got kicked out, man 
Tc: Wha? They got kicked out of the projects, man? 
Cm: Yeah, you what happened, man? They used ta live with all these midgets 
Y'know, and da midgets used ta make a lot noise, y'know, like pounding and 
Hammering and pounding all night, man… 
Tc: Typical freaks, huh? 
Cm: Oh, yeah, man, they were really freaks, man. As a matter of fact, they 
All moved up north together, y'know 
Tc: Oh, they had to go get their head together, man? 
Cm: Yeah, get their head together. And they started a commune, y'know. It 
Was called the… Uh… "Santa Claus and his Old Lady Commune"; it was a 
Real famous one up there, man. And they used to sit around and groove 
All the time, y'know 
Tc: Oh, yeah? 
Cm: Yeah, a really good time there, man 
Tc: That sounds heavy, man 
 
Cm: Yeah, they eat da brownies, man, and they drink da tea, man… And what 
They did most of da time, though, was make a lotta goodies, y'know? And 
They had everything they needed; they only needed to come into town 
Maybe once year or something like that… 
 
Tc: To pick up the welfare check and the food stamps, right 
 
Cm: Yeah, man. No, no, what they did, man, is that, once a year, when they 
Made all the goodies, y'know, they used ta put 'em in a big chopping bag 
And, then, they used ta take da chopping bag and give 'em to all the 
Boys and girls all da way around da world, man! 
 
Tc: Hey, well, that's hip, man! That sounds real nice, man 
Cm: Oh, yeah, they were really nice people man. And so much class, man… 
They had so much class, y'know. Like, give or take da way they used ta 
Deliver da toys, y'know. It's, like, Santa Claus used ta have this 
Really charp chort, man, y'know? It was lower to da ground, had twice- 
Pipes, candy-apple red and button top. Oooo, clean! 
 
Tc: Hey, that sounds like a hip snowmobile, man 
Cm: No, no, it wasn't a snowmobile; it was a sled, y'know. One of those big 
Sleds, y'know? And he used ta have it pulled by some reindeers, y'know 
Like, reindeers? 
Tc: Some what, man? 
Cm: Some reindeers, y'know. He used ta hook them onto da sled, and then he 
Used ta stand up inside da sled and hold on to da reins, and then call 
Out their names, like, "On, Donner! On, Blitzen! On, Chewy! On, Tavo! 
C'mon, Becto! " And then, the reindeers used ta take off into da sky and 
Fly across da sky, man! 
Tc: Wow, man! That's far out, man! 
Cm: Yeah! And then, when they flied across da sky, they used ta come down to 
Place like, oh, Chicago, L. A., Nueva York and Pacoima and all those 
Places, y'know, and then land on top of people's roofs, and then 'ol Santa 
Claus would make himself real small, y'know, like, a real small guy, and 
He'd come down da chimney and then he would give you all da stuff that he 
Made, man. And… Dig this, man… He did it all in one night, man! 
Tc: Hey, just a minute, man. Now, how'd he do that, man? 
Cm: Oh, well, man, he took da freeway. How else, man? 
Tc: No, man. No, man, how'd he do all that other stuff, man? Like, how'd he 
Make himself small, man. And, how'd he, like, how'd he get the reindeer 
Off the ground, man? 
Cm: Oh, well, man, he had some magic dust, man 
Tc: Some magic dust? 
Cm: Yeah, magic dust, y'know? He used ta give a little bit to da reindeer, a 
Little bit to Santa Claus, a little bit more for Santa Claus, a little 
Bit more… 
Tc: And this would get the reindeer off, man? 
Cm: Aw, got 'em off, man?!? Are you kidding, man? They flew all da way 
Around da world, man! 
Tc: Hey, that's far out, man! Hey, I come I never met this dude, man? 
Cm: Oh, man, he doesn't do that bit anymore, man. It got too dangerous, man 
Tc: Yeah, I can dig that, man, 'cause that's a dangerous bit, man! 
Cm: Yeah, lemme tell ya, it sure was, man. Like just two years ago, man, he 
Got stopped at the border, y'know, and they took him into another room 
And took off his clothes, man, and searched him and searched his bag of 
Goodies, man… And then, when he was leaving, man, he was flying through 
The air and somebody took a chot and his reindeer, y'know 
Tc: Aw, that's a drag, man 
Cm: Yeah, it really was, man. And then, man, he went down south, man, and 
They tried to cut of his hair and his beard, man. And all the time, he 
Was getting stopped and pulled over and asked for his id, man…. Just 
Everywhere he went, he ran into too much recession, man 
Tc: No, man, you mean he ran into too much repression, man 
Cm: Aw, "repression"… "recession"… It's all da same thing, man 
Tc: Yeah, man. But, it's a drag, man, 'cause we could sure use a dude like 
That right now 
Cm: Oh, he still comes around, man 
Tc: Oh, yeah? 
Cm: Yeah, but he comes in disguises now… 
Tc: Aw, he went "underground", man 
Cm: Yeah, "underground", man 
Tc: I can dig it 
Cm: Yeah. But you ought to see his disguise; nobody would ever know it was 
Him, man 
Tc: Oh, yeah? 
Cm: Yeah. He's gotta job in front of da department store, ringing this bell 
And playing this tambourine next to this black pot, y'know? 
Tc: aw, I've seen the dude, man! 
Cm: yeah! You know who I'm talking about, man! 
Tc: Yeah, man! I played with that cat last year, man! 
Cm: wha?!?!? 
Tc: Yeah, we played in front of a store, man! We made a lot of bread, man! 
Cm: Aw, hey, wait a minute, man! Santa Claus is not a musician, man! 
Tc: I'm hip, man! That cat didn't know any tunes, man! 
Cm: Oh, hey, wait a minute, man… No, he's not hip to that at all, man 
Tc: No, but I played with this dude, man 
Cm: Are you sure, man? 
Tc: Positive! 
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Duo de comédiens et chanteurs formé en 1969 et composé de Richard "Cheech" Marin, né le 13 juillet 1946, américain d'origine mexicaine, et de Thomas "Tommy" Chong, né le 24 mai 1938, américain d'origine canadienne et ancien membre du groupe, originaire de Vancouver, Little Daddy and the Bachelors. Alice Bowie est aussi un alias utilisé par Cheech Marin.
Cheech Marin est aussi connu en France pour avoir interprété l'Inspecteur Joe Domingues, le partenaire de Don Johnson, dans la série télévisée "Nash Bridges".
Ils sont aussi les interprètes de "Earache my eyes" et de "Born in eat L.A.", une parodie de "Born in the U.S.A." de Bruce Springsteen. Le titre sera intégré à la bande musicale du film "Born in East L.A.", écrit, réalisé et joué par Cheech Marin.
Cheech et Chong ont aussi joué dans le film "Up in smoke (faut trouver le joint)" réalisé par Lou Adler en 1978.
The lyrics : [thanks]
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