Woodstock (Live) Lyrics
Crosby (Feat. Stills & Nash)
Lyrics
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.
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 butterflies
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.
Song & Lyrics Facts
"Woodstock (Live)" is a song by Crosby, Stills & Nash released in 1994 on the album After The Storm. Written by Joni Mitchell, this live version was recorded at Woodstock Music and Art Fair in 1969.
This folk rock trio of David Crosby, Stephen Stills, and Graham Nash are considered one of the most successful vocal groups of all time. With its lyrics about peace and love, it became an anthem for the counterculture movement of the late 1960s. The song captures the spirit of the event, with its chorus “We are stardust, we are golden, and we’ve got to get ourselves back to the garden.” It has been covered by many artists since then and remains one of the group's most recognizable hits.