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 fired 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