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>From Jerry Osbornes's column today:
Question: I have a question about Crosby, Stills, and Nash's recording of
Woodstock. In the chorus, what is the linethat follows, "We are stardust,
we are golden?" The mystery lyrics are then followed by "and we've got to
get ourselves back to the garden."
Answer: Someone with the sheet music may come forth and enlighten us both,
but I believe those muddled words to be "We are billion year old carbon."
Interestingly, neither the hit remake by Matthews Southern Comfort nor the
original by Joni Mitchell contain the "carbon" line. Both skip right to
getting back to the garden. Since Mitchell, who wrote the song, does not
sing those words, it is likely that CS&N decided to toss them in.
Needless to say I've written to Mr. Music.
Jerry
