Thinking Back To My 5 Days At Woodstock 40 Yrs Ago.

[Keith Millea]

Being a West Coaster,I went to the ill-fated Altamont concert.With Hells Angels kicking ass all day,I must say though I did have a pretty good time.I was too far away from the stage to be bothered by the antics up there.We were all mighty high,and left as it was getting dark because we had to walk back to the car through that mass of beings and water/alcohol bottles.My only regret is that we missed the Rolling Stones.

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
Im going on down to yasgurs farm
Im going to join in a rock n roll band
Im going to camp out on the land
Im going to try an get my soul free
We are stardust
We are golden
And weve 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 its the time of man
I dont know who l am
But you know life is for learning
We are stardust
We are golden
And weve 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 devils bargain
And weve got to get ourselves
Back to the garden

"Woodstock"
Joni Mitchell