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Woodstock festival with the lyrics being sung

 

WOODSTOCK    (Joni Mitchell)


Well, I came upon a child of God
He was walking along the road
And I asked him, tell where are you going?
This he told me

Said, I'm going down to Yasgur's Farm
Gonna join in a rock and roll band
Got to get back to the land and set my soul free

We are stardust, we are golden
We are billion year old carbon
And we got to get ourselves back to the garden

Well, then can I walk beside you?
I have come to lose the smog
And I feel like I'm a cog in something turning
And maybe it's the time of year
Yes and maybe it's the time of man
And I don't know who I am
But life is for learning

We are stardust, we are golden
We are billion year old carbon
And we got to get ourselves back to the garden

We are stardust, we are golden
We are billion year old carbon
And we got to get ourselves back to the garden

By the time we got to Woodstock
We were half a million strong
And everywhere was a song and a celebration
And I dreamed I saw the bomber death planes
Riding shotgun in the sky
Turning into butterflie
Above our nation

We are stardust, we are golden
We caught in the devil's bargain
And we got to get ourselves back to the garden


 Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
"Deja Vu" Atlantic Records 1969