"You okay, dude?" someone asked.
Severus turned from Jesus, who had just winked at him, to see all his friends, old and new, around him -- Angel, Steve, Azalea, Free, Yesmina, DeWard and Dawn.
"Yeah," Severus answered, contemplating the glow they all had. "I am now..."
It was late in the day, the sun was much lower in the sky, and clouds were making it darker. As Severus looked at a cloud, a hole would open up in it, and he could see the sky beyond. When he looked away, the hole would close up, but another one would open where he was now looking.
"He still high!" Azalea observed.
"Probably," Free answered calmly. "It can, like, take almost a day to completely come down from a trip, man."
Severus watched the sparkles of light that swirled around everyone, as they made their way through the crowd to the area by the stage where they had sat the night before. Music had already started.
Periodically, what seemed to be flashes of ball lightening would leap out from somewhere. Severus thought that perhaps they were someone's patronus.
As they made their way through the same opening in the fence, and climbed up on the packing crates, Severus wondered if he was dreaming...it all seemed unreal.
Everything and everybody had a glow, a halo of sparkling neon in Day-Glo colors.
Severus couldn't stop staring at Azalea's fingernails...he couldn't believe how beautifully pink they were.
He became aware of Yesmina trying to give him a bottle of some sort of liquid; it was a greenish-brown, but Severus was amazed at the lightning storm occurring within the contents of the bottle.
He stared at the shooting lights for some time, before he understood that Yesmina wanted him to take the bottle. He held it in both hands and continued to gaze at the light show occurring within the bottle. Was he supposed to drink it?
"It's the medicine you made for me, Sev," Yesmina was explaining. "Remember? For sunburn? In case my sunblock didn't work?"
Severus vaguely remembered making something for Yesmina that would cure burns, but he didn't remember that it had these shooting lights in it.
Far out, he thought.
"Yeah, you'll be needin' that shit by tomorrow!" Azalea exclaimed, not turning her gaze from the stage. "'specially on yo' pee-pee!"
Severus continued to gaze at the bottle, trying to process what Azalea was saying.
"For your sunburn, Sev!" Yesmina was stating emphatically, leaning down and staring directly into his face to drive the point home.
"My sunburn..." Severus mused, grinning at the bottle.
"We found you by the lake," Yesmina continued. "Earlier today. When we went looking for you. We found you by following your trail of clothes by the lake. You were laying naked on the edge of the lake..."
"By the lake..." Severus grinned.
"You, like, had to be out there for hours, man," Free added. "You're, like, red all over, man! If that stuff helps sunburn, man, then you better use it right away, man, else it'll be a real bummer for you tomorrow, man..."
"Bummer..." Severus grinned.
"He still trippin'!" Azalea muttered.
"So's our friend Angel, here," Steve laughed, watching Angel who was now staring at the bottle Severus was holding.
"They must have been to the same party," Steve continued, "'cause Angel here didn't have any clothes on when I found him, either! Don't know how long he was out in the sun, he was just sitting cross-legged by the lake, staring at something in the grass...so he might have to use some of that stuff, too!"
"Serve them both right!" Azalea muttered.
"Far out!" Severus exclaimed, regarding nothing in particular.
He shook the bottle, and it became even prettier. The colors swirled and sparkled and blended, and reformed into new miniature lightning bolts.
He got up and started to dance with the bottle. He was one with the bottle. He was inside the bottle, surrounded by neon-colored lightning.
"Sev! Sev!" someone was calling. Was it his mother? Or maybe Lily?
Instinctively at the thought of Lily, his hand went up to his chest to retrieve her flower, but there was no flower. There was no vest pocket. There was no vest.
Severus stood there, contemplating his right hand lying over his tie-dyed smock on his left breast. His vest was gone, along with Lily's flower.
And his bones were glowing a bright Day-Glo orange through his flesh. He'd never noticed that before.
"Severus!" the voice continued to call, and Yesmina's head surrounded by the soft green-blue halo came into view.
"Severus!" she was saying. "You really need to use that right away! "
Severus looked at the bottle, the contents of which now began to glow on their own, in addition to the sparks of light that swirled within it.
He opened the bottle and brought it to his lips.
"NO!" Yesmina screamed. Her glowing white hands surrounded by green-blue lights grabbed his hands and pulled them away from his lips, taking the bottle away at the same time and closing it.
"You don't drink it, Sev!" she pleaded. "Don't you remember? You rub it on your skin!"
Oh, so that's how the pretty magick stuff worked, Severus thought.
He grabbed the bottle back with one hand and tore off his smock with the other, then proceeded to rub the pretty liquid on his arms and chest.
"Here, you need some on your back, too," Yesmina stated, taking the bottle and rubbing some of the medicine on Severus' back. Her hands were deliciously cool, with a slight electric tingle Severus had never noticed before.
Yesmina then proceeded to massage some of the liquid on Severus' face, neck, and ears.
"That's not where he need it most!" Azalea harrumphed.
Yesmina blushed, but Severus saw that instead of her usual bright pink, she was blushing in shades of neon green and blue.
"Didn't Sev say yesterday that there's restrooms back there somewhere?" Steve asked. "Let's bring him and Angel back there, I can help them, uh, do what's necessary!"
At that moment there was a roll of thunder.
Azalea looked as if she was very displeased with Mother Nature..
"It's fuckin' goin' t'rain again!" she exclaimed, crossing her arms and glaring at the sky.
"Why don't we, like, all go back there, man?" Free suggested. "We can, like, catch the show from backstage, man..."
Azalea turned and stared at her, but it was obvious that Azalea thought it was an idea worth pursuing. She jumped off the crate.
"Okay, let's go!" she announced, turning and leading the way.
Steve and Free helped Dawn and DeWard get down, and then they helped guide Severus and Angel back to the area Severus had gone the night before.
Many flying machines were coming and going, Severus noticed. At least, he thought they were flying machines. Sometimes they were large doves from which people emerged when the doves landed.
Angel laughed. He must have noticed it, too.
"What are you kids doing back here!?" a voice boomed. "Oh, it's you again!"
Severus looked and saw Big Ed; tonight Big Ed's heart tattoo was beating, and the "Mom" banner was glowing like a neon sign. The mermaid on Big Ed's other arm kept flicking her tail and winking at Severus.
"Uh, yeah!" Severus answered. "I still need to take a leak. We all do."
Severus waved his arm in the general vicinity of his friends.
Big Ed looked closely at Severus, and then Angel, and then at the rest, before chuckling.
"Okay, you know where it is...and if you want to stick around and run errands like you did last night, I'd appreciate it. It really helped, and tonight's even crazier!" he added, before trotting off to some unknown destination.
Azalea was staring at Severus.
"Told you so!" he grinned, walking past her and through the opening he'd used the night before.
But he had to stop to get his bearings once he was inside; things seemed different for some reason. Too many hallways, too many people.
He turned and went down the one he thought came out be the Port-a-Potties, but he ended up outside by the spigot.
"This isn't it," he giggled, picking up the hose and spraying water from it. As it had started to rain it didn't seem to matter, at least not to Severus, but the girls and DeWard all quickly stepped back in to avoid being hit by the spray.
Severus shrugged and threw down the hose, and came back in, walking past the girls and stopping in a doorway that he remembered. Everyone else crowded around and looked in.
"This is the kitchen," Severus announced unnecessarily.
"Cool!" Angel exclaimed.
"Yeah, it be a kitchen!" Azalea retorted. "But it ain't no bathroom, goddammit!"
"You looking for the bathrooms?" someone passing by asked. Without waiting for an answer he stopped and pointed back the way he had come.
"Just do down here and take your first right, go to the end, you can't miss 'em!"
"Thank you!" Azalea answered sweetly, flashing a broad smile at the young man, who smiled back before continuing on his way.
"It's so nice to know some can be gentlemen instead o' assholes!" Azalea announced, hands on her hips, before turning and leading the way in the direction the young man had indicated.
When they all finally got to the Port-A-Potties, the rain had started to fall in earnest, which did not help Azalea's mood.
"You do what you gotta do with them!" she told Steve, making a dismissive gesture towards Severus and Angel. "We do what we gotta do, and wait for you inside!"
With that she took the nearest available cubicle and slammed the door shut, muttering something incomprehensible.
Instead of taking Severus and Angel inside one of the Port-A-Potties, Steve took them back inside out of the rain, and found an unused room where he made the two younger boys strip and then use the burn lotion that Severus had made wherever it was necessary.
This was a little more difficult than it normally would have been, as both Severus and Angel had to be stopped from trying occasionally trying to drink the liquid, or just stopping to stare into the bottle.
By the time they had finished, gotten dressed, and left the room, they could only find Dawn and DeWard sitting in the kitchen.
"Where's everyone else?" Steve asked them, opening the refrigerator to see what was inside it.
"People gave them stuff to do!" DeWard complained, obviously annoyed at being left alone with nothing to do.
Steve retrieved some soft drinks from the refrigerator and put them on the table his sister and DeWard were sitting at. They each quickly grabbed a can, pulled off their pop tops, and eagerly gulped the contents.
"Want some?" Steve asked, holding a can out to Severus and Angel. Angel just stood staring at Steve, and then the can. Severus wandered out into the hallway. He thought that he heard someone crying.
You told me goodbye Was having a high time
How was I to know
You didn't mean goodbye
You meant please don't let me go
Living the good life
Well I know
Severus emerged out into the rain; Azalea was by the spigot, spraying herself, crying hysterically.
The wheels are muddy I'm having a high time
Got a ton of hay
Now listen here baby
'Cause I mean what I say
Living the good life
Well I know
Severus went over to Azalea. She was soaking wet, but she continued to spray herself and rub at her arms and her clothes. Her halo of red, orange, and yellow was as bedraggled as her hair.
"Azalea, what's wrong?" Severus quietly asked, but Azalea didn't hear him over the noise of the concert and the storm. She continued to cry and spray and rub.
"Azalea!" Severus yelled. "What's wrong!?"
She looked up at him, still crying, the hose dangling in her hand.
"It's so dirty!" she wailed. "All this mud!"
Severus took a closer look. It was muddy. And apparently Azalea had fallen in some.
"Here, let me help," he offered, taking the hose and spraying Azalea on her back, where she couldn't reach. She continued to cry.
I was losing time,
I had nothing to do
No one to fight,
I came to you
"Don't cry, Azalea," Severus told her, finishing cleaning the mud off the back of her tee shirt and jeans. "It's only a little mud, it washes off..."
But rather than making Azalea feel better, she only cried harder.
Severus didn't know what to say or do to comfort her. He put his arm around her, but since he was almost a foot shorter than Azalea, he could only comfortably reach around her waist.
But Azalea didn't seem to mind. She continued to cry, but put her arm around Severus' shoulder, and let him guide her back inside.
Tomorrow comes trouble I could show you a high time
Tomorrow comes pain
Now don't think too hard, baby
'Cause you know what I'm saying
Living the good life
Don't be that way
Once back inside, Azalea actually made a sardonic laugh.
"My hair be all ruined, now!" she mumbled.
"You're beautiful, Azalea," Severus told her, sincerely meaning it. "You don't see what I see...you're all, like, glowing. You're all warm, like fire. You're orange and red and yellow..."
Azalea looked at him sarcastically, then laughed sardonically again.
"Just my fuckin' luck!" she muttered, as she started to walk away. "Only one think I'm beautiful be a little boy trippin' on acid!"
Severus grabbed her arm to stop her.
"You are beautiful, Azalea!" he exclaimed. "Maybe it took what you call acid for me to see just how beautiful you really are! Everyone's beautiful, Azalea! Maybe everyone needs to take that stuff to be able to realize just how beautiful everyone is, even themselves!"
He was almost out of breath. Azalea was staring at him.
Nothing's for certain We could have us a high time
It could always go wrong
Come in when it's raining
Go on out when it's gone
Living the good life
Well I know
Azalea smiled cryptically, and then leaned over and kissed Severus. On the lips. Hard.. Severus did not know what to do, but he also did not want her to stop.
But she did, pulling away, standing up and looking down at him.
"You hold onto that thought, English Boy," she said softly. "Maybe we talk about it in a few years, when you're a little bigger..."
She winked at him and then turned and went up the hall into the kitchen. Severus could hear her demanding, "Any fuckin' towels around this place?"
"Pssst!" a hoarse whisper called out behind Severus. "Hey you! Kid!" He turned to look at who was calling him.
A woman with long, reddish-brown hair was leaning against a pole.
She wore glasses with huge orange round lenses, dozens of beaded necklaces cascading from her neck, and dozens of bracelets adorning her right wrist. The left wrist had a beaded leather cuff on it, and in her hand was an empty whisky bottle.
"Yeah, you!" she whispered to Severus, gesturing for him to come over.
As he drew nearer, he could tell that she smelled like his father when he got drunk on more than just beer. But she was surrounded by a rainbow of flashing lights that fascinated Severus.
"Wha's yer name?" the woman asked him.
"Severus," he answered.
"'Sev'ress'", she repeated, her speech slightly slurred. She put her left arm around Severus and pulled him to her side, the whiskey bottle hitting him in his chest.
"Nice smock, man!" she stated, staring down at him.
"Thank you," Severus answered, wondering what this woman wanted.
"How many are there, man?" she asked, bending down to whisper in Severus' ear, moving her right arm in a broad arc.
Severus assumed she wanted to know how many people were outside.
"I'm not sure," he answered. "Quite a few. Someone said half a million, someone else said it could be a million..."
The woman made an indeterminate sound, standing up so fast that she lost her balance and stumbled. She only was saved from falling by grabbing onto Severus' shoulder.
She brought the bottle to her lips, only to discover that it was empty.
"Shit!" she exclaimed, and then looked at Severus as if she was seeing him for the first time.
"Hey, kid!" she exclaimed. "Wha's yer name?"
"Severus," he repeated.
"Oh, yeah!" she answered, swaying slightly. She shoved the empty bottle at him.
"Here, man!" she demanded. "You go find a guy named Mike, tell him Janis needs more!"
Severus took the bottle, but didn't move.
"Wha's wrong?" the woman named Janis demanded.
"Where do I find this Mike?"
Janis again put her arm around Severus, and made a gesture in the general direction of a passageway off of the one they were in, and then to his surprise kissed him. On his lips. Hard.
"Yeah!" she exclaimed, trying to stand up but swaying and catching herself on the pole. "You come see us all when you get bigger!"
She laughed a strange sort of laugh, and staggered in the direction of the kitchenette.
Severus looked down at the bottle, shrugged, and then went down the hall and turned into the passageway that Janis had indicated.
There were a lot of people here, coming and going and just sitting around in side areas. He went to the first group and asked if anyone was named Mike, but there wasn't.
The second time, someone asked him why he was asking, and he explained how someone named Janis asked him to find Mike. This information seemed meaningful to the other person, who directed Severus further down the hall.
He found a group of men gathered together in a circle, two playing acoustic guitars and another playing a set of bongos.
"Is anyone here named Mike?" Severus asked. One of the men looked up.
"I'm Mike, why do you ask?"
Severus held up the empty whisky bottle.
"Some lady named Janis said to tell you she needs more," Severus explained. All of the men made faces of disgust.
"She goin' to be in any shape to perform?" one of them asked Mike, who had gotten up without a word and grabbed an unopened bottle of whiskey from a group of bottles on the ground off to the side.
"Where is she?" Mike asked Severus, coming over to him with the bottle.
"I think she's in the kitchen," Severus answered, adding when he saw Mike's puzzled look, "I'll show you."
Mike followed Severus down the hall and to the left. Mike's pace quickened and he passed Severus when the woman's raucous laugh could clearly be heard.
Yesmina and Free had returned from whatever errands they had been given. Yesmina, Steve, Dawn and DeWard were clearly in awe of Janis, and even Azalea seemed impressed, if wary. Free just gazed serenely at the woman, intent on whatever she had to say.
Angel, however, seemed to be watching the woman's chest, and when Severus looked, he could see why. He didn't know why he hadn't noticed it before, but Janis was wearing the universe.
Her blouse held whole star systems and swirling galaxies, and if one looked long enough one could fall into the vast icy cold depths. On her legs were blazing supernovas and luminous celestial clouds.
"Shit, is this all!?" she demanded when Mike handed her the bottle of whiskey. "I need a fix bad, man!"
"No you don't, Janis!" Mike answered, as Janis ripped off the paper seal and opened the bottle. "You already shot up today, you're going to be on in a little while..."
Janis almost gagged on the whiskey she was swallowing.
"Do you know how many people are out there, man!?" she demanded, and without waiting for an answer shouted, "A million, goddammit! A million motherfuckin' people, man!"
She furiously gulped down a couple of mouthfuls of whiskey.
"How can I perform for that many people, man!?" she demanded. "How can I connect with that many?"
To keep from crying, she drank some more whiskey.
Mike opened his mouth as if to say something, but before he could say anything, Free interrupted him.
"You'll be fine, man" Free told Janis. "It, like, doesn't matter how many people there are, man! Each one is just one, man!"
Janis gazed at Free over the top of the whiskey bottle, but didn't look like she was quite convinced.
"It'll be fine," Severus offered, coming over and standing in front of Janis. "You're beautiful! You have a rainbow around you, and the whole universe within you. There isn't anything you can't do!"
Janis looked at Severus cryptically, and then laughed raucously. She was still laughing as Mike led her out of the kitchenette and down the hall.
Angel was also laughing, and when Severus looked at him, he also started to laugh.
I put a spell on you
Because you're mine
"What's so funny?" Azalea demanded.
Severus turned to look at her. The rain had caused her hair to curl and surround her head like a lion's mane. There were flecks of flame shooting out from the ends of her hair, which seemed to be blowing in some solar wind. Her eyes glowed like burning amber.
You better stop I ain't gonna take none of your
The things that you're doin'
I said watch out!
I ain't lyin', yeah!
Foolin' around
"You both still high!" she exclaimed in disgust.
"Why are we just hanging around here doing nothing?" Dawn complained.
"Yeah," DeWard added, raising his head from his folded arms on the table.
Azalea came over and put her arm around Severus. The glow surrounding her enveloped him, and it felt like he was standing in front of an oven.
"How d'you get on stage yesterday?" she asked.
"Wuh?" Severus asked. He couldn't stop looking at Azalea's hair.
"Come on," she instructed, guiding him to the door. "Show us how to get to the back of the stage, so's we can see what's happening and not get wet!"
I put a spell on you
Because you're mine
By the time Severus understood what Azalea was asking, and they had made their way to the back of the stage, the band that had been currently playing had finished their set.
They proceeded to sit on cases or the stage floor itself, and then Azalea reached under Angel's shirt and retrieved the foil packet he carried there.
She removed one of the brown cigarettes they had made the other night, putting the foil packet into her bag and retrieving a lighter.
She lit up and took a drag, and then passed it to Severus, who was still fascinated with Azalea's hair. How could the flames keep going, he wondered, when it was raining?
By the time everyone had taken a toke, Free pointed out that the woman named Janis was singing at the front of the stage.
You know I'm standin' about, yes I am You'd better to be good
Want to give you all my love, oh, honey
Won't you come on and open up
I said, open up your heart
Please, let me try
Don't ya understand?
Raise your hand
I said, raise your hand
"Raise your hand, honey," Azalea started singing along, and surprisingly Steve joined in, too.
You'd better be good
Don't ya understand
Raise your hand
I said, raise your hand
"Raise your hand," Azalea and Steve sang, now joined by Free, Yesmina, and Dawn. Azalea's glowing eyes pierced Severus'.
"Raise your hand, Sev!" she told him, as she and the others raised theirs...
Severus raised his hand, and Azalea clutched it. Its warmth enveloped him, and there was a feeling of electricity radiating from her hand down his arm.
I said every day when I go out
I said I wanna move
Every day when I go out
I tell ya I wanna groove
Steve stood up, still singing, and started to dance. Angel and Yesmina joined him.
I said move, yeah
Said move now
Move, yeah
Whoa!
Azalea continued to sing and to stare into Severus' eyes, swinging his raised hand in hers.
If you know where you belong
I'll tell you
Here and now
Said here and now
Said here now, now, now, now,
Now, now, now!
Azalea took Severus' other hand, and pulled him up as she stood to start dancing.
Raise your hand Hey, hey, hey, get it up now
Raise your hand
Raise your hand
Hey, hey, get it up now
Azalea and Steve both stopped dancing, looked at each other, and started laughing.
"What the fuck she singin' about?" Azalea laughed. Steve couldn't stop laughing.
"Putting our hands up," Severus offered, which made Azalea and Steve laugh harder.
Hey, hey, get it up now
Hey, hey, get it up
"Yeah, you get it up now, Sev!" Azalea laughed, pulling both his hands up in hers. Severus didn't understand what was so funny, but Azalea's laughter sounded like the most beautiful songbird he'd ever heard.
When Janis stopped singing, Azalea gave Severus a strong hug, and sat down again, taking the toke that Free offered her.
Time keeps moving on I keep pushing so hard a dream Don't discover it lasts
Friends they turn away, Lordy Lord
Well, I keep moving on
But I never found out why
I keep trying to make it right
Through another lonely day
Whoa!
Honey, time keeps a-moving on, hey
Yeah, yeah, yeah
By the time they were on their third marijuana cigarette, they all had their arms around each other's shoulders, heads together, swaying back and forth to the music. Azalea sang into Severus' ear.
Hey, I ain't never gonna love you But it don't make no difference baby, no, no I'm gonna need it now
Any better baby
'Cause I'm never gonna love you right
So you better take it now
I said right, yes, now, yeah
'Cause I know that I could always try
There's a fire inside of
Everyone of us, huh-uh
I'm gonna use it yeah
I'm gonna hold it 'til the day I die
Severus tried to sing along, but not knowing the lyrics, he actually only sang every third or so word and hummed the rest, laying his head on Azalea's shoulder.
Honey, I hate, I hate to be the one No, no, no, no, no, no, no He ain't gonna be there
I said every time you're gonna
Wanna love somebody
Everytime you're gonna
Wanna need somebody
You're gonna wanna turn around
I'm gonna be there
No, no, no, no, no, no, no
When you're gonna put out your hand
All you're want is some kind of lovin' man
I said, not here
No, no, no, no, no, no, no
No, no, no, no, no, no, no
No, no, no, no, no, no, no,
No, no, no, no, no
"No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no," Azalea sang along, leaning over and putting her other arm around Severus.
Honey when I wanna reach out my hand
I said darling all I ever wanted
Was for you to understand me now
Whoa!
"For you to understand me now," Azalea and Severus sang to each other.
Janis stopped singing, and started speaking to the audience.
"This is a song that demands audience participation!" she began. "All you have to do is clap your hands, man! I know you can cope with it no matter how stoned you are, man!"
Janis chuckled, and so did her audience at the back of the stage. Some in the greater audience out front started to clap.
"We are all gonna cope with it," Janis continued, "and we're all pretty stoned, too, man!"
She took a swallow of whiskey from the bottle she carried, and laughed as more people began clapping.
"Like that!" she exclaimed. "I can't hardly hear you, man!"
Now it sounded like everyone out front was clapping, so the small audience at the back of the stage joined in. Janis seemed to take notice of them for the first time, laughed, and then turned back to the microphone.
"Yeah!" she exclaimed, laughing, before starting her next song.
Didn't I make you feel And each time I tell myself that I, well
Like you were the only man, well yeah
And didn't I give you nearly everything
That a woman possibly can?
Honey, you know I did!
I think I've had enough
But I'm gonna show you, baby
That a woman can be tough
"That a woman can be tough," Azalea sang.
"A woman can be tough," Severus sang back at her.
Break another little bit of my heart now, darling, yeah.
"Break a little bit of my heart now," Azalea and Severus sang.
You know you got it
If it makes you feel good
Oh yes indeed!
But as the concert continued, Severus and the others found that they seemed to be in the way as another band started trying to bring equipment to their area.
"That must be for Sly and The Family Stone," Steve announced. "They're the next band scheduled after Big Brother..."
And I say, oh, whoa, whoa, Yeah it goes wrong, yeah. Hey, here you gone today,
Now hon', tell me why,
Why does every single little tiny thing
I hold on to go wrong ?
And I say, oh, whoa, whoa, now babe,
Tell me why,
Does every thing, every thing.
I wanted to love you,
Azalea peered out into the audience.
"It looks like it stopped raining...let's go in front of the stage, we can dance there!"
She put her arm around Severus, and sang along with Janis as they left the stage.
I just wanted to hold you, Love's got a hold on me, baby,
I said, for so long,
Yeah! Alright! Hey!
Feels like a ball and chain.
Now, love's just draggin' me down, baby,
Feels like a ball and chain.
As they returned under the stage, Janis' voice followed them.
I hope there's someone out there Here you've gone today,
Who could tell me
Why the man I love wanna leave me
In so much pain.
Yeah, maybe, maybe
You could help me, come on, help me!
I wanted to love you and hold you
'til the day I die.
I said whoa, whoa, whoa!!
"Let's get something to drink!" Dawn complained, so they made a detour to the kitchenette, and everyone grabbed a soft drink or a juice container. Azalea put some extras into her bag.
And I say oh, whoa whoa, now baby
This can't be, no this can't be in vain,
And I say no, no, no, no
No, no, no, no, whoa,
And I say whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa
Now, now, now, now, now
Now, now, now, now
No, no, not in vain
Hey, hope there is someone
That could tell me
Hon', tell me why love is like
Just like a ball
Just like a ball
Baaaaaaalllll
Oh daddy, daddy, daddy, daddy,
Daddy, daddy, daddy, daddy
And a chain!
Yeah!
Janis stopped singing, so they decided to stay in the kitchenette until the next act started. About twenty minutes later, they heard music again.
Stand! Stand!
In the end you'll still be you
One that's done all the things
You set out to do
There's a cross for you to bear
Things to go through
If you're going anywhere
"Hey!" Steve announced. "Let's get out front!"
They made their way through the hallways under the stage and out the side.
Stand! Stand. stand, stand!
All the things you want are real
You have you to complete
And there is no deal
Stand. stand, stand!
They eventually worked their way to the front and found themselves between the edge of the stage, and the barricade holding back the hundreds of thousands of concert attendees.
Stand! Stand! Everybody!
They will try to make you crawl
And they know what
You're saying makes sense and all
Don't you know that you are free
Well at least in
Your mind if you want to be
Stand, stand, stand!
"How's this for front row seats!" Steve shouted, as the song ended. He and the others spread out in front of the stage to give themselves enough room to dance when the next song started, leaving Severus, Yesmina, and Free by the right side of the stage.
Severus was intrigued by the size of the speakers, and the towers that supported them.
Get up and dance to the music!
Get on up and dance to the funky music!
They needed no further prompting.
Cynthia and Jerry got a message All the squares, go home! Dance to the Music
They're sayin':
Dance to the Music
This close to the stage, the music was a living thing, the sound waves pulsing with their own life force. Severus let it wash over him as he danced.
Hey, music lover!
Hey, music lover!
The singer started talking about something that Severus neither knew or understood. But the audience responded, everyone starting to clap in rhythm to the music, so Severus joined in clapping as he danced.
Feeling's gettin' stronger I want to take you higher Boom shaka-laka-laka
Music's gettin' longer too
Music is flashin' me
Baby, baby, baby, light my fire
Boom shaka-laka-laka
Severus became aware that someone was screaming. It was a terrible scream of great pain.
Don't ya want to get higher Boom shaka-laka-laka
Feelin's nitty-gritty
Sound is in the city too
Music's still flashin' me
Baby, baby, baby, light my fire.
Boom shaka-laka-laka
Yesmina had accidentally moved in front of one of the large speakers as she danced, only a few feet away from the pulsing tower.
Severus could see that she was bent over, and that her skin had large purple and black blotches on it. While Free was dancing nearby, she was unaware of what was happening to Yesmina. The others were too far away, and too oblivious, to see what was happening.
Higher!
C'mon light my fire! Boom shaka-laka-laka
Want to take you higher!
Boom shaka-laka-laka
Yesmina had collapsed into the mud, still screaming. Only Severus could see what was happening, and understood what it meant.
Feelin' that should make you move
Sounds that should help you groove
Music still flashin' me
He ran to Yesmina, picked her up as best he could, and started dragging her off to the side. By this time Free realized something was wrong, and came to Severus' aid.
Boom shaka-laka-laka
Boom shaka-laka-laka
Severus laid Yesmina on the grass off to the right of the stage. She had stopped screaming, but now she was moaning in pain as the ugly purple and black splotches spread over her face and body.
"Shit, man!" Free exclaimed, her voice shaking. "Like, what's wrong with her, man?"
Severus didn't answer and instead looked frantically through the bag that Yesmina carried, eventually retrieving the bottle that was half-full of the medicine that controlled her bleeding.
Severus gently lifted Yesmina's head, placing the open bottle between her lips, and carefully pouring small bits of the liquid into her mouth so that she wouldn't choke. As he did this, he softly chanted some words that could not be heard over the din of the concert.
"What's wrong with Yesmina!?" Severus heard Azalea demanding behind him. He glanced back and saw that the rest of the children had come over and were watching. Yesmina looked frantic.
"I don't know, man," Free answered. "She, like, just screamed and fell down and started turning all dark like that, man..."
"She bleedin'!" Azalea exclaimed. "Do somethin', Sev!"
He finished pouring the liquid down Yesmina's throat. She had stopped moaning, but was still covered in dark blotches and seemed to be semi-conscious.
Severus fished around in his own satchel, and retrieved some herbs and resins, quickly rolling the substances into small balls, and putting one into Yesmina's mouth.
"Yesmina!" he said softly. She opened her eyes and looked at him.
"Yesmina!" he repeated. "You need to chew that and swallow it!"
Yesmina attempted a weak smile, but did chew and with a little difficulty swallowed. Severus continued feeding her the medicine, resuming his chant, this time with the aid of his wand.
No one said anything while he did this; after some time, Yesmina was a little stronger, and the blotches faded from black and purple, to lavender and yellow.
Yesmina managed to sit up on her own.
"Thanks, Sev," she said weakly. "I'm feeling a lot better."
"Shouldn't we take her to the medical tent?" Steve asked, looking very pale.
"I'll be okay," Yesmina protested, trying to stand, but Severus stopped her.
"That might be best," he told her. staring intensely into her eyes. "Just to make sure."
Yesmina didn't say anything, but carefully got to her feet. She swayed, though, and it was obvious she couldn't walk, so Steve picked her up and started to carry her towards the medical tent, the others following.
Severus felt a warm hand slip into his. He looked, and saw that it was Azalea's. She was smiling at him, but had tears in her eyes.
"Thank you!" she mouthed wordlessly, squeezing his hand.
On top of the sky And down in the ground Why can't we have eternal life
Is a place where you go
If you've done nothing wrong
If you've done nothing wrong
Is a place where you go
If you've been a bad boy
If you've been a bad boy
And never die, never die?
There was quite a crowd of casualties at the Medical Tent, but when the staff saw how young Yesmina was, they made sure to look at her right away.
She was poked and prodded and had lights shone in her eyes and ears and mouth and her heartbeat listened to and her pulse and temperature taken. In the end she was pronounced as being in fine condition, but cautioned that she should go to bed and sleep for at least a couple of hours.
So with Angel and Steve holding her by her waist, they slowly walked back to the Free Kitchen, with Free, DeWard, and Dawn in their wake.
Severus was last, Azalea again holding his hand. Her eyes still glistened.
You talk about your woman
I wish you could see mine
You talk about your woman
I wish you could see mine
Every time she starts to lovin'
She brings eyesight to the blind
Azalea squeezed Severus' hand.
"Thank you for savin' my little sister!" she whispered hoarsely, fighting back tears. "I don't know what I do if she..."
Azalea choked on whatever words she meant to say.
You know her daddy gave her magic
I can tell by the way she walks
You know her daddy gave her magic
I can tell by the way she walks
Everytime we start shakin'
The dumb begin to talk
Severus stopped walking, giving Azalea's hand a squeeze.
"It's okay," he told her, staring deeply into her eyes. "I will always be there for you all. We're family."
Azalea looked at him for a few moments, then leaned over and gave him a big hug, breaking down into tears. Severus put his arms around her, not knowing what else to say to her.
She's got the power to heal you, never fear
She's got the power to heal you, never fear
Just a word from her lips
And the deaf begin to hear
There was the faintest of glows in the eastern sky when they reached the minibus behind the Free Kitchen.
Unfortunately, the canopy and bedding had been left out, and had been drenched in the rain from the previous night.
And since Annie was sleeping in the back of the minibus, Free invited everyone to come sleep in the school bus she had come in. Steve and Dawn decided to go back to their own camp, so Free led Yesmina, supported by Angel and DeWard, to her camp, followed by Azalea and Severus, who were still holding hands.
If your child ain't all he should be now I'm the Gypsy - the Acid Queen Give us a room and close the door
This girl will put him right
I'll show him what he could be now
Just give me one night
Pay before we start
I'm the Gypsy - the Acid Queen
I'll tear your soul apart
Leave us for a while
Your boy won't be a boy no more
Young, but not a child
They had all of Free's school bus to themselves, as all the adults were still attending the concert. Free pulled out extra bedding for everyone, who by this time were so tired they just collapsed onto the nearest available quilt or blanket.
Azalea took Severus' head onto her lap and stroked it.
Gather your wits and hold on fast My work is done now look at him I'm the Gypsy - the Acid Queen
Your mind must learn to roam
Just as the Gypsy Queen must do
You're gonna hit the road
He's never been more alive
His head it shakes his fingers clutch
Watch his body writhe
Pay before we start
I'm the Gypsy - I'm guaranteed
To break your little heart.
"Welcome to Morning Maniac Music!" a woman's voice shouted into the microphone on stage, as another band started to play. "It's a new dawn, yeah!"
The sky continued to lighten. Severus wasn't sure whether he was still awake or dreaming or hallucinating. He decided that it did not matter.
Would you like to know a secret But that's the other side of this life Well my whole world's in an uproar
Just between you and me
I don't know where I'm going next
I don't know who I'm gonna be
I've been leading
That's the other side of this life
My whole world's upside down
I don"t know where I'm going next
But I'm always bumming around
As the sun got brighter, it got warmer in the bus. Severus was lulled by the rhythm of his head resting in the lap of the sleeping Azalea, but for some reason sleep eluded him.
He felt a hand clasp his. He turned to look, and saw Yesmina lying by him, holding his hand, a soft smile on her face.
"Thank you," she whispered. "You're my hero..."
She squeezed his hand, and then laid her head on it, closing her eyes and going to sleep.
Would you like to know a secret But that's the other side of this life I've been leading
Just between you and me?
I don't know where I'm going next,
I don't know who I'm gonna be
But that's the other side of this life.
Severus laid there, his head in Azalea's lap, his hand in Yesmina's. Eventually his eyes grew heavy, and band that was currently playing lullaby'd him into sleep.
Don't you want somebody to love
Don't you need somebody to love
Wouldn't you love somebody to love
You better find somebody to love
.
You told me goodbye Was having a high time The wheels are muddy I'm having a high time I was losing time, Wheels broke down, Tomorrow comes trouble I could show you a high time Nothing's for certain We could have us a high time
How was I to know
You didn't mean goodbye
You meant please don't let me go
Living the good life
Well I know
Got a ton of hay
Now listen here baby
'Cause I mean what I say
Living the good life
Well I know
I had nothing to do
No-one to fight,
I came to you
Leader won't draw
The line is busted,
The last one I saw
Tomorrow comes pain
Now don't think too hard, baby
'Cause you know what I'm saying
Living the good life
Don't be that way
It could always go wrong
Come in when it's raining
Go on out when it's gone
Living the good life
Well I know
HIGH TIMES
Grateful Dead
Woodstock - August 16, 1969
I put a spell on you
Because you're mine
You better stop
The things that you're doin'
I said watch out!
I ain't lyin', yeah!
I ain't gonna take none of your
Foolin' around
I ain't gonna take none of your
Puttin' me down
I put a spell on you
Because you're mine
All right!
(repeat 1x)
I PUT A SPELL ON YOU If there's anythin' that you need, hon You'd better get up You know I'm standin' about, yes I am You'd better to be good Right here, right now, c'mon!! If there's anything you need, honey You'd better be good Raise it Ha wah do wah Whoa, whoa, whoa, hon I said every day when I go out I said move, yeah Honey, I want you to come along If you know where you belong Raise your hand, yeah Raise your hand Hey, hey, hey, get it up now Raise your hand! Raise your hand, yeah!
Credence Clearwater Revival
Woodstock - August 16, 1969
That you've never, ever, ever had
I know you've never had it
Oh, honey, don't you just sit there cryin'
Don't just sit there feelin' bad
No, no, no
Now do you understand
And raise your hand!
I said raise your hand, hey
Want to give you all my love, oh, honey
Won't you come on and open up
I said, open up your heart
Please, let me try
Don't ya understand?
Raise your hand
I said, raise your hand
Whoaaaaah, oh yeah!!
That you ever, ever, ever try
I want you to give it up
I said to give it all
Don't you know that you have
Don't ya understand
Raise your hand
I said, raise your hand
Raise it
Raise it
Raise
Alright!!
Ha wah do wah
Ha wah do wah
Ha wah do wah
Whoa, yeah
Whoa, hon
Whoa, yeah
I said I wanna move
Every day when I go out
I tell ya I wanna groove
Said move now
Move, yeah
Whoa!
And raise your hand
Babe, I want you to come along
Raise your hand
I'll tell you
Here and now
Said here and now
Said here now, now, now, now, now, now, now!
Raise your hand, yeah
Raise your hand, yeah
Raise your hand, yeah
Raise your hand
Raise your hand
Raise your hand
Raise your hand
Raise your hand
Raise your hand
Raise your hand
Hey, hey, get it up now
Hey, hey, get it up now
Hey, hey, get it up
Raise your hand!
Raise your hand!
Raise your hand!
Raise your hand!
Raise your hand!
Yeah!!!
Whoa!!
RAISE YOUR HAND
Janis Joplin
Woodstock - August 16, 1969
Time keeps moving on
Friends they turn away, Lordy Lord
Well, I keep moving on
But I never found out why
I keep pushing so hard a dream
I keep trying to make it right
Through another lonely day
Whoa!
Don't discover it lasts
Honey, time keeps a-moving on, hey
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Well, I'm twenty-five years older now
So I know it can't be right
And I'm no better baby and
I can't help you no more
Than I did when I was just a girl
Yeah!
But it don't make no difference baby, no, no
'Cause I know that I could always try
There's a fire inside of everyone of us, huh-uh
I'm gonna need it now
I'm gonna hold it yeah
I'm gonna use it till the day I die.
Don't, honey, don't you expect any answers, dear
Ah, I know they don't come with ease, no, no, no, no
Hey, I ain't never gonna love you any better baby
'Cause I'm never gonna love you right
So you better take it now
I said right, yes, now, yeah
But it don't make no difference baby, no, no
'Cause I know that I could always try
There's a fire inside of everyone of us, huh-uh
I'm gonna need it now
I'm gonna use it yeah
I'm gonna hold it till the day I die
Don't make no difference babe, no, no, no
Honey, I hate to be the one
I said you're gonna live your life
And you're gonna love, love, love your life
I'm gonna need it now
I'm gonna hold it yeah
I'm gonna use it, say, whoa!
Don't make no difference, baby, no, no, no
Honey, I hate, I hate to be the one
I said every time you're gonna wanna love somebody
Every time you're gonna wanna need somebody
You're gonna wanna turn around
I'm gonna be there
No no no no no, no no no no no, no no no no
When you're gonna put out your hand
All your want is some kind of lovin' man
He ain't gonna be there
I said, not here
No no no no, no no no no, no no no no
No no no, no no no, no no no no
No no no no
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa
Whoa, wah wah, whoa
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa
Honey when I wanna reach out my hand
I said darling all I ever wanted
Was for you to understand me now
Whoa!
Ah baby, I wanna sing about me
Lord, honey, every day yeah!
This is a song that demands audience participation! All you have to do is clap your hands, man! I know you can cope with it no matter how stoned you are, man! We are all gonna cope with it, and we're all pretty stoned, too, man! Like that! I can't hardly hear you, man!
Yeah!
KOZMIC BLUES
Janis Joplin
Woodstock - August 16, 1969
Come on!
Come on!
Didn't I make you feel
Like you were the only man, well yeah
And didn't I give you nearly everything
That a woman possibly can?
Honey, you know I did!
And each time I tell myself that I, well
I think I've had enough
But I'm gonna show you, baby
That a woman can be tough
I want you to
Come on
Come on
Come on
Come on and take it!
Take another little piece of my heart now, baby,
(break a..)
Break another little bit of my heart now, darling, yeah.
(have a..)
Hey!
Have another little piece of my heart now, baby, yeah!
You know you got it
If it makes you feel good
Oh yes indeed
You're out on the streets looking good
And baby, deep down in your heart
I guess you know that it ain't right
Never never never never never never never Hear me when I cry at night
Baby, I cry all the time!
And each time I tell myself that I, well
I can't stand the pain
But when you hold me in your arms
I'll sing it once again
I'll say come on, come on, come on, come on, yeah take it!
Take another little piece of my heart now, baby
(break a..)
Break another little bit of my heart now, darling, yeah
(come on!)
Have another little piece of my heart now, baby, yeah
Well, You know you got it, child
If it makes you feel good
instrumental break
I need you to come on, come on, come on, come on and take it
Take another little piece of my heart now, baby
(break a...)
Break another little bit of my heart, darling, yeah
(have a...)
Have another little piece of my heart now, baby
You know you got it
(waaaaahhh)
(Take a...)
Take another little piece of my heart now, baby
(break a...)
Break another little bit of my heart, and darling, yeah, yeah
(have a)
Have another little piece of my heart now, baby
You know you got it, child, if it makes you feel good
PIECE OF MY HEART Sittin' down by my window, Somethin' came along And I say, oh, whoa, whoa, Yeah it goes wrong, yeah. Hey, here you gone today, Love's got a hold on me, baby, I hope there's someone out there And I say, oh, whoa, whoa, And I say, oh, whoa, whoa, whoa, Here you've gone today, And I say oh, whoa, whoa, And I say oh, whoa whoa now baby And all I ever wanted to do Sittin' down by my window, Somethin' came along, And I say oh, whoa whoa, now baby Hey, hope there is someone Oh daddy, daddy, daddy, daddy,
Janis Joplin
Woodstock - August 16, 1969
Honey, lookin' out at the rain.
Oh, Lord, Lord, sittin' down by my window,
Baby, lookin' out at the rain.
Grabbed a hold of me, honey,
And it felt just like a ball and chain.
Honey, that's exactly what it felt like,
Honey, just dragging me down.
Now hon', tell me why,
Why does every single little tiny thing
I hold on to go wrong ?
And I say, oh, whoa, whoa, now babe,
Tell me why,
Does every thing, every thing.
I wanted to love you,
I just wanted to hold you,
I said, for so long,
Yeah! Alright! Hey!
Feels like a ball and chain.
Now, love's just draggin' me down, baby,
Feels like a ball and chain.
Who could tell me
Why the man I love wanna leave me
In so much pain.
Yeah, maybe, maybe
You could help me, come on, help me!
Now hon', tell me why,
Now tell me, tell me, tell me,
Tell me, tell me, tell me why, yeah.
When I ask you,
When I need to know why,
C'mon tell me why, hey hey hey
I wanted to love you and hold you
'til the day I die.
I said whoa, whoa, whoa!!
No honey, it ain't fair, daddy
It ain't fair what you do,
I see what you're doin' to me
And you know it ain't fair.
It ain't fair, now, now, now,
What you do, I said hon' it ain't fair what,
Hon' it ain't fair what you do.
Oh, here you gone today
Was to love you
Honey you can still hear me
Rock and roll the best,
Only it ain't roll, no, no, no, no, no.
Lookin' out at the rain.
Lord, Lord, Lord,
Sittin' down by my window,
Lookin' out at the rain, see the rain.
Grabbed a hold of me,
And it felt like a ball and chain.
Oh this can't be in vain
And I'm gonna tell you one more time, yeah, yeah!
This can't be, no this can't be in vain,
And I say no no no no no no no no, whoa,
And I say whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa
Now now now now now now now now now
No no not in vain
That could tell me
Hon', tell me why love is like
Just like a ball
Just like a ball
Baaaaaaalllll
Daddy, daddy, daddy, daddy
And a chain!
Yeah!
BALL AND CHAIN Stand! Stand! Stand! Stand! Stand. stand, stand! Stand! Stand! Stand. stand, stand! Stand! Stand! Everybody!
Janis Joplin
Woodstock - August 16, 1969
In the end you'll still be you
One that's done all the things
You set out to do
There's a cross for you to bear
Things to go through
If you're going anywhere
For the things you know are right
It s the truth that
The truth makes them so uptight
All the things you want are real
You have you to complete
And there is no deal
Stand. stand, stand!
You've been sitting much too long
There's a permanent
Crease in your right and wrong
There's a midget standing tall
And the giant
Beside him about to fall
Stand. stand, stand!
They will try to make you crawl
And they know what
You're saying makes sense and all
Don't you know that you are free
Well at least in
Your mind if you want to be
Stand, stand, stand!
STAND! Get up and dance to the music! Dance to the Music All we need is a drummer, I'm gonna add a little guitar I'm gonna add some bottom, You might like to hear my organ Playin' "Ride Sally Ride" You might like to hear the horns blowin', Cynthia on the throne, yeah! Cynthia and Jerry got a message All the squares, go home! Dance to the Music
Sly & The Family Stone
Woodstock - August 16, 1969
Get on up and dance to the funky music!
Dance to the Music
For people who only need a beat
And make it easy to move your feet
So that the dancers just won't hide
They're sayin':
Dance to the Music
DANCE TO THE MUSIC Feeling's gettin' stronger Music's gettin' longer too Music is flashin' me I want to take you higher Boom shaka-laka-laka Feelin's nitty-gritty Sound is in the city too Music's still flashin' me Don't ya want to get higher Boom shaka-laka-laka (Harmonica solo) (All Repeated) Higher! C'mon light my fire! Boom shaka-laka-laka Feelin' that should make you move Sounds that should help you groove Music still flashin' me Take your places! (Guitar solo) Boom shaka-laka-laka (All Repeated) Higher! Let's take you, do you wanna go, etc. (Trumpet solo) (All Repeated) Boom shaka-laka-laka Higher! (Bass solo) (All Repeated) Boom shaka-laka-laka Higher! (Sax solo) (All Repeated) Boom shaka-laka-laka
Sly and The Family Stone
Woodstock - August 16-17, 1969
Baby, baby, baby, light my fire
Boom shaka-laka-laka
Baby, baby, baby, light my fire.
Boom shaka-laka-laka
Want to take you higher!
Boom shaka-laka-laka
I want to take you higher!
Baby, baby, baby, light my fire.
Boom shaka-laka-laka
Boom shaka-laka-laka
Boom shaka-laka-laka
Boom shaka-laka-laka
I WANT TO TAKE YOU HIGHER
Sly and The Family Stone
Woodstock - August 16-17, 1969
On top of the sky
Is a place where you go
If you've done nothing wrong
If you've done nothing wrong
And down in the ground
Is a place where you go
If you've been a bad boy
If you've been a bad boy
Why can't we have eternal life
And never die, never die?
In the place up above
You grow feather wings
And you fly round and round
With a harp singing hymns.
And down in the ground
You grow horns and a tail
And you carry a fork
And burn away.
Why can't we have eternal life
And never die, never die?
HEAVEN AND HELL
The Who
Woodstock - August 16-17, 1969
You talk about your woman
I wish you could see mine
You talk about your woman
I wish you could see mine
Every time she starts to lovin'
She brings eyesight to the blind
You know her daddy gave her magic
I can tell by the way she walks
You know her daddy gave her magic
I can tell by the way she walks
Everytime we start shakin'
The dumb begin to talk
She's got the power to heal you, never fear
She's got the power to heal you, never fear
Just a word from her lips
And the deaf begin to hear
EYESIGHT TO THE BLIND
The Who
Woodstock - August 16-17, 1969
If your child ain't all he should be now
This girl will put him right
I'll show him what he could be now
Just give me one night
I'm the Gypsy - the Acid Queen
Pay before we start
I'm the Gypsy - the Acid Queen
I'll tear your soul apart
Give us a room and close the door
Leave us for a while
Your boy won't be a boy no more
Young, but not a child
I'm the Gypsy - the Acid Queen
Pay before we start
I'm the Gypsy - the Acid Queen
I'll tear your soul apart
Gather your wits and hold on fast
Your mind must learn to roam
Just as the Gypsy Queen must do
You're gonna hit the road
My work is done now look at him
He's never been more alive
His head it shakes his fingers clutch
Watch his body writhe
I'm the Gypsy - the Acid Queen
Pay before we start
I'm the Gypsy - I'm guaranteed
To break your little heart.
ACID QUEEN
The Who
Woodstock - August 16-17, 1969
Would you like to know a secret
Just between you and me
I don't know where I'm going next
I don't know who I'm gonna be
But that's the other side of this life
I've been leading
That's the other side of this life
Well my whole world's in an uproar
My whole world's upside down
I don"t know where I'm going next
But I'm always bumming around
And that's another side to this life I've been leading
And that's another side to this life
Well I don't know what I'm
Doing for half the time,
I don't know where I'm going
I think I'll get me a sailing boat and
Sail the Gulf of Mexico
But that's another side of this life I've been leading
And that's another side of this life
Well I think I'll go to Nashville down in Tennessee
The ten cent life I've been leading here
Gonna be the death of me
But that's the other side of this life I've been leading
And that's another side to this life
Would you like to know a secret
Just between you and me?
I don't know where I'm going next,
I don't know who I'm gonna be
But that's the other side of this life I've been leading
But that's the other side of this life.
THE OTHER SIDE OF LIFE
Jefferson Airplane
Woodstock -- August 17, 1969
When the truth is found to be lies
And all the joy within you dies
Chorus:
Don't you want somebody to love
Don't you need somebody to love
Wouldn't you love somebody to love
You better find somebody to love
When the garden's flowers, baby, are dead
Yes, and your mind, your mind is so full of dread
(Chorus)
Your eyes, I say your eyes may look like his
Yeah but in your head, baby
I'm afraid you don't know where it is
(Chorus)
Tears are running, they're all running
Down your breast
And your friends, baby,
They treat you like a guest
(Chorus)
SOMEBODY TO LOVE
Jefferson Airplane
Woodstock - August 17, 1969