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 gonna join in a rock and roll band.

I'm gonna camp out on the land.

I'm gonna 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 I 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.



(To some semblance of a garden)

Writer : MITCHELL, JONI
Copyright : Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC