Matt Pobursky wrote:
> 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
>
>   
And my favorite from her Blue album... "Carey".
Named for me of course.  Played it a lot that long, hot summer I was a 
DJ at a tiny R&R station in SW Georgia (USA).

later,
Carey
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