Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
Ohio
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young was a folk rock supergroup composed of David Crosby, Stephen Stills, Graham Nash, and Neil Young.
Written in 1970, by Neil Young, "Ohio" addressed the Kent State Shootings, in which four unarmed college students were killed by National Guardsmen while protesting the Vietnam War. Young was inspired to write the song after Crosby handed him a copy of Life magazine, which featured John Filo's Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph of a young girl kneeling over the corpse of one of the students. The song was banned on certain AM radio stations because of its criticism of the Nixon Administration.
Tin soldiers and Nixon's comin' We're finally on our own This summer I hear the drummin' 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? Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na Gotta get down to it Soldiers are cutting 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 comin' We're finally on our own This summer I hear the drummin' Four dead in Ohio Four dead in Ohio Four dead in Ohio Four dead in Ohio Four dead in Ohio Four dead in Ohio Four dead in Ohio Four dead in Ohio Four dead in Ohio Four dead in Ohio Four dead in Ohio