"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