In monterey

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 gratefuldead blew everybodys mind
jimi hendrix, baby believe me, set the world on fire, yeah.
His majesty, prince jones, smiled as he moved among the crowd
ten thousand electric guitars were groovin' real loud, yeah
you want to 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.
Oh, yeah!!
Three days of understanding, of moving with one another
evn the cops roved with us
do you believe me, yeah?
down in monterey, down in monterey
down in monterey, down in monterey
i think that maybe i'm dreaming.
monterey, monterey!
did you hear what i said?
down in monterey!