Ohio was written by Neil Young in response to the Kent State University shootings on May 4, 1970, when National Guardsmen fired on unarmed students during a protest against the expansion of the Vietnam War into Cambodia, killing four students.
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Tin soldiers and Nixon's coming we're finally on our own
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this summer I hear the drumming four dead in Ohio
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Gotta get down to it soldiers are gunning us down
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should of been done long ago
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what if you knew her and found her dead on the ground
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how can you run when you know?
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Gotta get down to it soldiers are gunning us down
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should of been done long ago
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what if you knew her and found her dead on the ground
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how can you run when you know?
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Tin soldiers and Nixon's coming we're finally on our own