A Moment's Sunlight

With the 40th anniversary of Woodstock I thought it would be appropriate to post a song that ironically was written two years before Woodstock, but which didn't get a whole lot of airplay. And then a New York disc jockey by the name of Dan Ingram used the song in a brotherhood promotion for WABC and it took off all the way to number 5 on the pop charts. The group was called the Youngbloods and the song was called Get Together.

It remains as current and relevant now as it was then.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4fWN6VvgKQ

Get Together
by
Jesse Colin Young

Love is but a song we sing
Fear's the way we die
You can make the mountains ring
Or make the angels cry
Though the bird is on the wing
And you may not know why
C'mon people now
Smile on your brother
Ev'rybody get together
Try to love one another right now

Some may come and some may go
We shall surely pass
When the one that left us here
Returns for us at last
We are but a moment’s sunlight
Fading in the grass
C'mon people now
Smile on your brother
Ev'rybody get together
Try to love one another right now

If you hear the song I sing
You will understand (listen)
You hold the key to love and fear
All in your trembling hand
Just one key unlocks them both
It's there at your command
C'mon people now
Smile on your brother
Ev'rybody get together
Try to love one another right now

Right now
Right now!