Daydream Believer, oh what can it mean?

Record cover from wikipedia

With all the news and interest surrounding the untimely death of former teen heart-throb, Monkee Davy Jones, the song Daydream Believer has been rolling around in the head incessantly. Then this morning the iTunes splash page had a "tribute" to Jones (actually a way to cash in on 45 year old recordings), so I clicked on the sample button and listened to the cherubic Davy and the boys belting out the old song.

It was then that I realized that the lyrics I remembered - and indeed the ones I was now listening too, didn't make sense and were probably wrong. It was one of those "'cuze me while I kiss this guy" type of things.

I thought they were singing:

Cheer up sweet be-jeeze
Oh what can it mean
To a
Daydream believer, under
Home coming queen.

I kept listening, but for the life of me could not figure out what the heck he was singing. In desperation (not really) I looked up the correct lyrics and this is what they are:

Cheer up, Sleepy Jean.
Oh, what can it mean.
To a daydream believer
And a homecoming queen.

By the way, the rest of the lyrics are also a hoot; check them out. What the hell were they smoking in those days!

Photo credit: from wikipedia