"Four Dead In Ohio" by Crosby, Stills, and Nash

"Four Dead in Ohio" is actually a song performed by Crosby, Stills, and Nash.

The song lyrics go like this;

"Tin soldiers and Nixon's coming,
We're finally on our own.
This summer I hear the drumming,
Four dead in Ohio.

Gotta get down to it
Soldiers are gunning us down
Should have been done long ago.
What if you knew her
And found her dead on the ground
How can you run when you know?

La la la la la la la la
La la la la la la la
La la la la la la la la
La la la la la la la.

Gotta get down to it
Soldiers are gunning us down
Should have been done long ago.
What if you knew her
And found her dead on the ground
How can you run when you know?

Tin soldiers and Nixon's coming,
We're finally on our own.
This summer I hear the drumming,
Four dead in Ohio.
Four dead in Ohio
Four dead in Ohio."

This song was written about the Kent State tragedy. "Enraged, despairing and caught up in the moment, Young quickly wrote “Ohio,” a deliberate and disquieting rocker evoking the anger and sadness felt when National Guardsmen turned their guns on protesting students: a representative group of the nation’s young people already embittered by America’s role in the Vietnam War"

 During this on May 4, 1970 a national guard fired into a crowd at Kent State University killing 4 people and wounding 9. This caused a huge outbreak of colleges closing because so many students went on strike. This was under Nixon's permission. It is said that this ruined Nixon's administration. It was a bold move for the writers on the song to directly state Nixon's name in the song because he was the president and they are calling him out on everything.


 The video and facts can be found at: http://likethedew.com/2011/02/15/neil-young-feeling-nixons-pain/