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Monterey Lyrics By Eric Burdon The Animals

    the people came and listened
    some of them came and played
    others gave flowers away
    yes they did yeah
    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 fired light yeah
    hugh masekela’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 jones
    smiled as he moved among the crowd
    ten thousand electric s
    were groovin’ real loud yeah

    if 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

    hu huhhuh

    alright

    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 dreamin’

    monterey

    montereyyeah

    down in monterey

    did you hear what i said

    down in monterey

    that some music

    monterey
    i said
    monterey monterey monterey
    yeahyeah heyheyhey
    aay aay aayaay

    Artist: Eric Burdon The Animals

    Year: 1967

    Decade: 60s

    Language: en

    Word Count: 129