Coachella - Woodstock In My Mind

Album: Lust For Life (2017)
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  • I was at Coachella
    Leaning on your shoulder
    Watching your husband swing in time
    I guess I was in it
    'Cause baby, for a minute
    It was Woodstock in my mind
    In the next morning
    They put out the warning
    Tensions were rising over country lines
    I turned off the music
    Tried to sit and use it
    All of the love that I saw that night

    'Cause what about all these children
    And what about all their parents
    And what about about all their crowns they wear
    In hair so long like mine
    And what about all their wishes
    Wrapped up like garland roses
    'Round their little heads
    I said a prayer for a third time

    I'd trade it all for a stairway to heaven (a stairway, stairway)
    I'd take my time 'fore I climb up to the top of it (stairway)
    I'd trade the fame and the fortune and the legend (stairway)
    I'd give it all away if you give me just one day to ask him one question
    I'd give it all away if you give me just one day to ask him one question

    I was at Coachella
    Leaning on your shoulder
    Watching your husband swing and shine
    I'd say he was hella, cool to win them over
    Critics can be so mean sometimes
    He was on his knees and I thought he was breaking 'em down with his words and his voice divine
    Doesn't take a genius to know what you've got going and to
    Not want music 'cause they lost their minds

    What about all these children
    And all their children's children
    And why am I even wondering that today
    Maybe my contribution
    Could be as small as hoping
    That words could turn to birds and birds would send my thoughts your way

    I'd trade it all for a stairway to heaven (a stairway, stairway)
    I'd take my time 'fore I climb up to the top of it (a stairway)
    I'd trade the fame and the fortune and the legend (a stairway)
    I'd give it all away if you give me just one day to ask him one question
    I'd give it all away if you give me just one day to ask him one question

    A stairway, stairway to heaven
    A stairway
    Got a million things I wanna say
    Like what is it all for? Will it be okay?
    Million things I wanna say
    Like what is it all for? (a stairway)
    Stairway, stairway to heaven
    Stairway
    Stairway, stairway to heaven
    Stairway Writer/s: ELIZABETH GRANT, RICK NOWELS
    Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group
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