Volunteers

I am proud to say that I attended woodstock and DO remember this song well. It is about the coming revolution of the then 1960's. Government was then somewhat afraid of what the generation of that time would do as it related to the war in Nam, the political climate and the out spoken youth. I attended a couple of demonstrations at Columbia University in New York. The other group the government feared at that time was the weatherman. If not familiar, look them up.

One generation got old One generation got SOLD This generation got no destination to hold

The anthem of a generation

came to the same conclusion, but it would be nice to see some more textwork

i jsut love this song but then again i love all the revolution/peace songs they all have the same meaning

I think "volunteers" also means that there are many ways to serve your country beyond serving in the military. This makes the song both a protest of the draft and a taking back of patriotism.

I don't believe it's talking about the people being drafted, I believe it's talking about the revolutionaries, those demonstrating in anti-Vietnam war, peace marches, and the like.

When they sing of "volunteers of America", is there a specific group they are refering to?

They're talking about the people being drafted. The whole song is a protest song against the draft.

The only thing or goal, in my life is to start a revolution. my generation needs to do it, history tends to repeat itself, and maybe my generation will get it right this time.