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“Renaissance Fair” is based on Crosby’s experiences at one of the first Renaissance Pleasure Faires of Southern California in 1966. Chris Hillman’s Indian raga-style bass line, coupled with Crosby’s commune-fantasy lyrics, help to definitively attune this song to the hippie counterculture.
The song...
[Chorus]
I think that maybe I'm dreaming
[Verse 1]
I smell cinnamon and spices
I hear music everywhere
All around kaleidoscope of color
[Chorus]
I think that maybe I'm dreaming
[Verse 2]
Maids pass gracefully in laughter
Wine-colored flowers in their hair
Last call from lands I've never been to
[Chorus]
I think that maybe I'm dreaming
[Verse 3]
Suns flash on a sort of prism
Bright jewels on the ladies flashing
Eyes catch on a shiny prism
[Verse 4]
Hear ye the crying of the vendors
Fruit for sale, wax candles for to burn
Fires flare, soon it will be night fall
[Chorus]
I think that maybe I'm dreaming
I think that maybe I'm dreaming
I think that maybe I'm dreaming
Renaissance Fair was written by Roger McGuinn & David Crosby.
Renaissance Fair was produced by Gary Usher.
The Byrds released Renaissance Fair on Mon Feb 06 1967.