'We Are Stardust - Billion Year Old Carbon
The Hubble space telescope has released new, visible light images of the Eagle’s Nebula “Pillars of Creation”, about 6,500 light years from Earth, in which new stars are being formed from gas and dust - Photo UPI/ALAMY
The Hubble telescope's wonderful new image of the 'Pillars of Creation' confirms what Joni Mitchell sang all this years ago - we really are stardust, billion year old carbon.
The only disappointment for me is that despite science, the profound evidence of our own eyes and ears, there are still lots of people who believe the world was made according to some 'holy book' and that their religion is the best because they are God's 'chosen ones'.
Woodstock by Joni Mitchell
I came upon a child of god
He was walking along the road
And I asked him, where are you going
And this he told me
Im going on down to yasgurs farm
Im going to join in a rock n roll band
Im going to camp out on the land
Im going to try an get my soul free
We are stardust
We are golden
And weve got to get ourselves
Back to the garden
Then can I walk beside you
I have come here to lose the smog
And I feel to be a cog in something turning
Well maybe it is just the time of year
Or maybe its the time of man
I dont know who l am
But you know life is for learning
We are stardust
We are golden
And weve got to get ourselves
Back to the garden
By the time we got to woodstock
We were half a million strong
And everywhere there was song and celebration
And I dreamed I saw the bombers
Riding shotgun in the sky
And they were turning into butterflies
Above our nation
We are stardust
Billion year old carbon
We are golden
Caught in the devils bargain
And weve got to get ourselves
Back to the garden
