Get Together" is a song written in 1963 by a guy named Chet Powers,

who later changed his name to "Dino Valenti." I'm sure that this

song was recorded before The Youngbloods did it in 1967, but I don't

know who by... Valenti didn't release any albums until 1967 either.

An IG version appears on the Epic release of "Strange Fire," but the

lyrics aren't included on the lyric sheet...



Get Together.



Love is but a song we sing

And fear's the way we die.

You can make the mountains ring

Or make the angels cry.

Tho' the bird is on the wing

And you may not know why.



-Chorus-

C'mon, people now

Smile on your brother

Ev'rybody get together

Try to love one another right now.



Some will come and some will go

And 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.



-chorus-



If you hear the song we sing

You will understand.

You hold the key to love and fear

In your trembling hand.

Just one key unlocks them both

It's there at your command.



-chorus