"Woodstock" by Joni Mitchell

Woodstock

Performed by Crosby, Stills & Nash

Before listening: try to predict the words to fill in the blanks.

As you listen: check your answers.

How does the song reflect the ideas of transcendentalism?

Well, I came upon a child of God

2 He was walking _____________ the road

And I asked him, "Tell me, where are you going?"

This he told me

Said, "I'm going down to Yasgur's Farm

Gonna join in a rock and roll band

7 Got to get back to the land and set my_____________ free

8 We are _____________, we are golden

We are billion year old carbon

10 And we got to get ourselves back to the _____________"

Well, then can I roam beside you?

I have come here to lose the smog

13 And I feel to be a __________ in something turning

14 Yes, and maybe it's the time of _____________

And I don't know who I am

16 But life is for _____________

By the time we got to Woodstock

18 We were half a _____________ strong

And everywhere was a song and a celebration

20 And I dreamed I saw the _____________ death planes

Riding shotgun in the sky,

22 Turning into _____________ Above our nation