Well I came upon a child of God He was walkin' along the road and I asked him "Tell me where are you going?" This he told me, said, "I'm going on down to Yasgur's farm Gonna join in a rock and roll band I gotto get back to the land and set my soul free" We are stardust, we are golden We are billion year old carbon And we got to get ourselves back to the garden Well then can I walk beside you I have come to lose the smog And I feel myself a cog in somethin' turnin' And maybe it's the time of year Yes and maybe it's the time of man And I don't know who I am, but life is for learnin' We are stardust, we are golden We are billion year old carbon And we got to get ourselves back to the garden We are stardust, we are golden We are billion year old carbon And we got to get ourselves back to the garden By the time we got to Woodstock We were half a million strong And everywhere was a song and a celebration And I dreamed I saw the farmers Just play his ridin' shotgun in the sky Turning into butterflies above our nation We are stardust, we are golden We are caught in the devil's bargain And we got to get ourselves back to the garden