So much for the city
   Tell me that you'll dance to the end
   Just tell me that you'll dance to the end
  
   Hey hey you're The Monkeys
   And people said you monkeyed around
   But nobody's listening now
  
   Just don't go back to Big Sur
   Hanging around
   Lettin' your old man down
   Just don't go back to Big Sur
   Baby, baby please don't go
   Oh, baby, baby please don't go
  
   So much for the streetlights
   They're never gonna guide you home
   No they're never gonna guide you home
  
   Down at the steamboat show
   Yeah, all the kids started spittin'
   I guess I didn't live up to the billing
  
   Just don't go back to Big Sur
   Hanging around
   Lettin' your old man down
   Just don't go back to Big Sur
   Baby, baby please don't go
   Oh, baby, baby please don't go
  
   Just don't go back to Big Sur
   Hanging around
   Lettin' your old man down
   Just don't go back to Big Sur
   Oh, baby, baby please don't go
   Oh, baby, baby please don't go