Sería en California y a finales de 1967 cuando el cantante, compositor y guitarrista John Kay formaría Steppenwolf, junto con los ex miembros Sparrow, el baterista Jerry Edmonton y el tecla dista Goldy Mcjohn, y los nuevos músicos Michael Monarch, como guitarrista líder y Rushton Moreve al bajo, quien sería reemplazado por John Morgan a los pocos meses de iniciar su andadura.
Su primer sencillo "A girl I knew", posteriormente aparecerían "Sookie
¡Cuatro años de duro trabajo!Este mes de mayo cumplimos cuatro años al aire. Seguimos trabajando en la difusión de este maravilloso instrumento, ¡gracias por participar en nuestra historia!
DDCGGDDCGG I like to dream yes yees Right between the sound machine On a cloud of sound I drift in the night Every place she goes is right Flies far flies near To the stars away from here
Well you don't know what We can find Why don't you come with me little girl On a magic carpet ride
Well you don't know what We can find Why don't you tell your dreams to me Fantasy will set you free
CHORUS G Close your eyes girl Bb Look inside girl CG Let the sound take you away
Last night I found Aladdin's lamp So I wished that I could stay But before the thing could answer me Someone came and took the lamp away
I looked Around A lousy candle's all I found
Well you don't know what We can find Why don't you come with me little girl On a magic carpet ride
Well you don't know what We can see Why don't you tell your dreams to me Fantasy will set you free