Woodstock
Written by Joni Mitchell ©1970
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I came upon a child of God
She was walking along the road
And I asked her, where are you going
And this she told me

Said, "I'm going on down to Yasgur's farm
Going to join in a rock n roll band
I'm going to camp out on the land
Gonna try and set my soul free"

We are stardust
We are golden
And we've got to get ourselves
Back to the garden

Then can I walk beside you
I have come here to lose the smog
And I feel to be a cog
In something turning

And maybe it's just the time of year
Or maybe it's the time of man
I don't know who l am
But life is for learning

We are stardust
We are golden
And we've 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 bombers
Riding shotgun in the sky
Turning into butterflies
Above our nation

We are stardust
We are golden (billion year old carbon)
And we've got to get ourselves
Back to the garden

We are stardust
We are golden (caught in the devils bargain)
And we've got to get ourselves
Back to the garden



Last Revised: 16 August 2011