Then Can I Walk Beside You

Joni Mitchell: 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
i'm going to join
in a rock 'n' roll band
i'm going to camp out
on the land
i'm going to try
and 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's
the time of year
or maybe it's
the time of man
i don't know who i am
but life is for learning
we are stardust
(million year old carbon)
we are golden
(caught in the devil's bargain)
and we've got to
get ourselves
back to the garden

--joni mitchell


CSNY: Woodstock