Zor and Zam
1968 · Colgems COS-109 · Los Angeles, California
- Artist
- The Monkees
- Title
- Zor and Zam
- Release
- The Birds, the Bees & The Monkees
- Year
- 1968
- Label
- Colgems # COS-109
- Format
- LP · Album
- Language
- English
- Country
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Genre
- Psychedelia · Sunshine Pop · Psychedelic Pop
- Primary theme
- Peace, Protest & Anti-War
Annotation — Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs
Zor and Zam (Monkees, The) Vietnam-era anti-war songs
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Lyrics
English: The king of Zor, he called for war / And the king of Zam, he answered / They fashioned their weapons one upon one / Ton upon ton, they called for war at the rise of the sun / Out went the call to one and to all / That echoed and rolled like the thunder / Trumpets and drums, roar upon roar / More upon more / Rolling the call of "Come now to war" / Throughout the night they fashioned their might / With right on the side of the mighty / They puzzled their minds plan upon plan / Man upon man / And at dying of dawn the great war began / They met on the battlefield banner in hand / They looked out across the vacant land / And they counted the missing, one upon one / None upon none / The war it was over before it begun
About the artist
Formed 1965, Los Angeles, California, USA. Disbanded 14 November 2021. Members: Micky Dolenz, Davy Jones, Michael Nesmith, Peter Tork.