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Woodstock: By Joni Mitchell 

 

Joni Mitchell – Woodstock Lyrics

 

 

I came upon a child of God

He was walking along the road

And I asked him, where are you going

And this he told me

I'm going on down to Yasgur's farm

I'm going to join in a rock 'n' roll band

I'm going to camp out on the land

I'm going to try an' get 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

Well maybe it is just the time of year

Or maybe it's the time of man

I don't know who l am

But you know 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 there was song and celebration

And I dreamed I saw the bombers

Riding shotgun in the sky

And they were turning into butterflies

Above our nation

We are stardust

Billion year old carbon

We are golden

Caught in the devil's bargain

And we've got to get ourselves

Back to the garden

 

Songwriter: JONI MITCHELL 

 

Joni Mitchell sings Woodstock (acoustic piano)    

 

CSNY sings Woodstock (rockband with vocal harmonies)    

 

The highlighted words relate directly to the story of ROCKgarden Party!   Can you explain how? 

Did charlie do this on purpose?  Go ahead and ask him :) 

 

 

 

 

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