(Theme From) The Monkees

Album: The Monkees (1966)
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  • Here we come
    Walkin' down the street
    We get the funniest looks from
    Everyone we meet

    Hey, hey, we're the Monkees
    And people say we monkey around
    But we're too busy singing
    To put anybody down

    We go wherever we want to
    Do what we like to do
    We don't have time to get restless
    There's always something new

    Hey, hey, we're the Monkees
    And people say we monkey around
    But we're too busy singing
    To put anybody down

    We're just tryin' to be friendly
    Come and watch us sing and play
    We're the young generation
    And we've got something to say, oh

    Any time
    Or anywhere
    Just look over your shoulder
    Guess who'll be standing there?

    Hey, hey, we're the Monkees
    And people say we monkey around
    But we're too busy singing
    To put anybody down

    Whaaa, one time!

    Hey, hey, we're the Monkees
    And people say we monkey around
    But we're too busy singing
    To put anybody down

    We're just tryin' to be friendly
    Come and watch us sing and play
    We're the young generation
    And we've got something to say

    Hey, hey, we're the Monkees
    Hey, hey, we're the Monkees Writer/s: BOBBY HART, TOMMY BOYCE
    Publisher: Downtown Music Publishing, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Spirit Music Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 4

  • Kev from Rogers, ArI loved that song. I would sometimes watch the Monkees on Saturdays, but by the time they came on, my mom had usually chased me out of the house. "Children should spend Saturdays outdoors!"
  • Stephen from PaA lot of their songs are pretty easy to play on guitar...Good stuff!!
    I have always been a fan. I even watched their show as a kid!
  • Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn September 23rd 1956, the adventure series 'Circus Boy' had its premiere on the NBC-TV network...
    The main character in the series was a young boy named young Corky, he was played by Micky Dolenz but at the time his stage name was Mickey Braddock...
    The show ran for two seasons with forty-nine original episodes...
    Just under ten years later on September 12th, 1966 the musical comedy series 'The Monkees' premiered on the NBC-TV network...
    See the next post below.
  • Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn March 25th 1968, the last episode of the musical TV sitcom 'The Monkees' was aired on NBC-TV network...
    The series ran for two seasons with a total of 58 original episodes...
    It won two Primetime Emmy Awards, "Outstanding Comedy Series" and 'Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy'...
    The song "Zor and Zam' was featured on this final episode...
    Between 1966 and 1987 the made-for-TV quartet had twenty-one songs make Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart, six made the Top 10 with three reaching #1, "Last Train to Clarksville" for 1 week in 1966, "I'm a Believer" for 7 weeks in 1966, " and "Daydream Believer" for 4 weeks in 1967...
    They just missed having a fourth #1 record when "A Little, Bit Me, A Little Bit You" peaked at #2 {for 1 week} in 1967, plus they also had two records peak at #3...
    Davy Jones passed away on February 29th, 2012 at the age of 66...
    May he R.I.P.
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