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 birds and the airplane

Did fly

Oh, Ravi Shankar's

Music made me cry The Who exploded

Into violent light

Hugh Masekelas music

Was black as night 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 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

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

Monterey, yeah

Down in Monterey Did you hear what I said?

Down in Monterey

That some music

Monterey I said

Monterey, Monterey, Monterey

Yeah, yeah, hey, hey, hey

Aay, aay, aay, aay