Words (The Monkees song)

A new version of the song was made to be the B-side of "Pleasant Valley Sunday" in 1967, now produced by Chip Douglas.

On Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd.'s liner notes, co-writer Tommy Boyce recalled that the song’s inspiration was a letter that he and Bobby Hart had received from a lonely girl that they invited to a hayride after an appearance on American Bandstand two weeks before.

[6] In contrast with the thankful tone of the letter, the song tells about the imminent break-up between the narrator and his girlfriend after discovering that she was a liar, that had always told him "words with lies inside".

[3] Boyce and Hart were their producers and songwriters at the time and arranged a number of session musicians to play on the record, including Wayne Erwin on guitar (who also did backing vocals), Larry Taylor on bass and Billy Lewis on drums, also featuring a flute solo made by Ethmer Roten.

There are few differences between the first and the second version, with the best noted being Peter Tork's Hammond organ's solo in place of Ethmer Roten's flute.