Monterey lyrics

The people came and listened

Some of them came and played

Others gave flowers away, yes they did

Down in Monterey

Down in Monterey

Young gods smiled upon the crowd

Their music being born of love

Children danced night and day

Religion was being born

Down in Monterey

'The Byrds' and the 'Airplane' did fly

Oh, Ravi Shankar's music made me cry

'The Who' exploded into fire and light

Hugh Masakela's music was black as night

'The Grateful Dead' blew everybody's mind

Jimi Hendrix, baby, believe me, set the world on fire, yeah

His Majesty, Prince Jones1, smiled as he moved among the crowd

Ten thousand electric guitars were groovin' real loud, yeah

You wanna find the truth in life

Don't pass music by

and you know I would not lie, no I would not lie,

No, I would not lie

Down in Monterey

Three days of understanding, of moving with one another

Even the cops grooved with us

Do you believe me, yeah?

Down in Monterey

Down in Monterey, yeah

Down in Monterey

Down in Monterey, yeah

I think that maybe I'm dreaming

Monterey, Monterey

Down in Monterey

Did you hear what I said?

1. Refers to Brian Jones of "The Rolling Stones"