On Tue, 26 Sep 2006 19:01:11 -0400, Carey Fisher wrote:
> Russell McMahon wrote:
>>> "We are stardust..."
>>
>>
>> I believe it was "... star stuff ...", but, like him, I may be
>> wrong.
>>
>>
>> Russell
>>
>>
> NO, NO, NO!!!
> It's from (Joni Mitchell? at) Woodstock:
>
> 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
> going to join in a rock 'n roll band
> going to camp out on the land
> going to try an' get my soul free
> We are stardust
> 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
> 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 bomber death planes
> Riding shotgun in the sky
> turning into butterflies
> Above our nation
> We are stardust
> year old carbon We are golden Caught in the devils bargain And
> we've got to get ourselves Back to the garden
>
> Ah.... Good s*** man!!!

Indeed. It was written by Joni Mitchell in 1969 and released on the
album "Ladies Of The Canyon" in 1970 which also includes two of my
other favorite songs she's written/recorded -- "Big Yellow Taxi" and
"The Circle Game". Probably one of her best albums along with
"Court and Spark" (Help Me, Free Man in Paris).

Matt Pobursky


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