[Walter Cronkite]
A 27 days after tranquility base, on a untranquil sea of mud
At 42.02 degrees north, 74.08 degrees west
There was a walk-in space, that 400 thousand long haired pilgrims
In and out of sweatshirts, called the greatest weekend since the creation

[Clip of Hippies at Woodstock and "I Want To Take You Higher" by Sly & The Family Stone]
Dig it dig it
Higher!
I want to take you higher
Higher!
I want to take you higher
Higher!
I want to take you
Higher!
I want to take you
Higher!

[Walter Cronkite]
It came to be known as the Woodstock nation
In search of rock, acid rock, acid, pot, peace, and just being together
400 thousand Americans between 15 and 25 flocked to Max Yasgur's dairy farm at Bеthel, New York, for a weekend with Sly and thе Family Stone, Country Joe and the Fish, Janis Joplin, The Jefferson Airplane, Santana, Crosby Stills and Nash, The Who, Joan Baez, and Arlo Guthrie among others
The festival was declared a disaster area, and if there had been a riot, the commission that would have investigated it would have probably blamed negligent planning by the promoters, lack of water, food, medic or insanitary facilities, and stormy weather
It would have cited also the abundance of marijuana, some hard drugs, communal living, and the exploitation of thousands of turned away ticket holders, who never got their 18 dollars back

[Clip of Sly and the Family Stone performing "I Want To Take You Higher" at Woodstock]
[Walter Cronkite]
Yet there was no violence, probably a little bit of illness for a population of this size
Three people died, two were born, and in a rare happening, even the police got rave notices
There was some paranoia, the establishment was blamed by some for having seeded the clouds causing the downpour
Some critics of the festival called it an orgy organized by the communist, and the promoters ended up suing each other
And the end, farmer Yasgur stood on center stage and saluted the multitude

[Clip of Max Yasgur talking on stage at Woodstock]

[Max Yasgur]
I'm a farmer
I don't know how to speak to twenty people at one time, let alone a crowd like this
This is the largest group, of people ever assembled in one place but I think you people, have proven something to the world
That a half a million kids can get together and have 3 days of fun and music and have nothing but fun and music and I-