Young, Neil - Ohio Lyrics






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

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?

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 coming,
We're finally on our own.
This summer I hear the drumming,
Four dead in Ohio.





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  1. I.... S....

    4 commies dead in Ohio

  2. b.... s....

    shoot the hippies

  3. J.... S....

    Have things changed much in 50 years?

    J.... S....

    I'd say things have changed very much for the worse!

  4. C.... B....

    2019 anyone?

  5. M.... S....

    This is what you want little man......I watched 6 people of my birth die and then I lost 6 die in JSOC....doctor say's I have survivor's guilt....oh well

  6. j.... h....

    Still here in 2019?🤣🤣

    j.... h....

    Well done you had to ruin everything

  7. t.... ....

    What the fuck these kids were just trying to celebrate Star Wars day and the Guard just fired into the crowd? Fuckin government, man

  8. A.... W....

    this song touches me deeply inside every time I listen to it even after all these years and especially now in this day time.
    ❤😎✌
    liberty and justice is meant for all. I suppose it makes me a radical knowing I'd give my life for it. it's that important. while liberty and justice isn't for every american and every human being our leaders fail us and our country.

  9. m.... ....

    That guitar is so hauntingly good.

  10. m.... ....

    Very powerful video. Thank you for this.

  11. H.... ....

    In the top twenty guitar riffs of all time

  12. N.... H....

    This is one of the best song ever

  13. F.... W....

    Overthrow the government.....REBELLION ....Stop the murderers

  14. �.... ....

    William T. Sherman: I just want to let the southerners and their descendants get the unforgettable lesson, never dare to want independence again! Never dare to resort to war!
    l am Chinese and l'm absolutely agree with him

  15. R.... T....

    Give 'em Hell, Neil. We need a voice like yours today more than ever

  16. M.... K....

    Gazapizm den geldim 🕳

  17. A.... M....

    Gazaptan gelenler

  18. c.... j....

    Nothing really changes. Nothing. It's madness, and we should know better.

  19. K.... L....

    No surprise. America holds 25% of all the world's total incarcerated. Land Of The Free My Ass

  20. J.... A....

    Don't ever forget this song.

  21. N.... B....

    Look this is a unpopular opinion but I can’t blame the soldiers for shooting they must have been kind pretty scared when rocks were getting thrown at them so they made I dumb decision and fired but think about it if you were the soldiers you are doing your job and a mob of many people yelling and throwing things at you and threatening you I could see why they might shoot it was a horrible event but stuff like this happens

    N.... B....

    Nolan Baker You’re an idiot.

  22. M.... A....

    Magnífica Canción y Magistral vídeo, desde España (Europa ), mi más Profunda Admiración a mi55cptnMO.

  23. S.... S....

    So this video says Ohio 'Neil Young" another claims Ohio "Crosby Stills Nash' "Ohio" is a protest song and counterculture anthem written and composed by Neil Young in reaction to the Kent State shootings of May 4, 1970, and performed by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. Ah-Duh. Neil Young wrote, performed it and you can see him live in 1970. Glad he went on his own.

  24. G.... V....

    Ironic, that now Neil Young only wants the government to have the guns.

    G.... V....

    Nice way to twist the truth.

  25. M.... T....

    man i love this video excellent !!! as a fellow creator i wanna tell you phenomenal idea and superb editing. i never new the story behind that song it really moved me RIP to to those poor students

  26. J.... O....

    Beto's campaign song.....

  27. K.... A....

    @mi55cptnM0 - Thank you for your video. This is something that should never be forgotten. They don't teach about it anymore. I lived in Ohio (age 12) when this happened. The Kent State shootings took away the innocence of a number of young people. The local news crews, at the scene, reported one thing. The national news reported another. Don't trust anything you hear. Be blessed, today and always! =)

  28. s.... w....

    ive seen footage on pbs..it was shocking just cos of demonstratin about viet. war!

  29. d.... w....

    I always heard this song and always liked it. It sad

  30. m.... p....

    Tin soldiers and Trump is coming

  31. A.... ....

    Trying to police without training is disastrous..... Using live bullets on civilians was exceptionally wrong..... Such a needless tragedy......

  32. O.... ....

    FOUR DEAD IN OHIO

  33. M.... D....

    Can someone tell me what's the song about

  34. R.... O....

    Aren’t you missing stills and Nash in the title. It’s not just young

  35. C.... P....

    Americans just love shooting people, their movies and history are full of it. They're so dumb it's all they know. It hasn't changed since this song because they're bullies and cowards without the guts to change.

  36. N.... ....

    Not even a Neil Young fan, but I love this song. I hate the event that provoked him to write it. I hate that such a thing happened. And nobody was held accountable for it.

  37. K.... A....

    Her could have been my mom!!!!

  38. D.... J....

    Ohio 2019

    McConnell and Trump stonewalling
    We've always been on our own
    This summer I hear the gunshots
    Nine dead in Ohio

    Gotta get down to it
    Madmen keep cutting us down
    Gunning us down all along
    What of our U.S.
    Citizens dead on the ground
    How can you run when you know

    McConnell and Trump stonewalling
    We've always been on our own
    This summer I hear the gunshots
    Nine dead in Ohio
    How many more
    A score dead in El Paso
    Too many more
    Nine dead in Ohio

    How many more

    Far
    Too
    Many


    George Jempty, Aug. 5 2019

  39. D.... J....

    As of this day.
    9 dead in Ohio
    20 dead in El Paso.
    I came because this song reminded me of today

    D.... J....

    Daniel Jones all because of corporate greed

  40. T.... R....

    Ohio . DAYTON 9 dead ,16 injuered 8-4-2019 !

    T.... R....

    No one can keep ohio down, no corrupt goverment, no terrorist!

  41. t.... m....

    This song is crap. And here is why. What no one seems remotely conscience of is what happened in from april 30 thru may 3rd. Nor are they aware of the protestors reactions may 4. Nor does it registar that neil young is not an unbias opinion. However. The small town of kent is somehow home of quite a large college that has an abnormally large student commons area. The unviversity is not under jurisdiction of canton nor akron ohio. It is under kents jurisdiction. It is a pretty good statement to say the population of kent is only twice as large as kent state. Kents emergency response departments could not keep up with what happened in kent from april 30 to may 3rd to its city. Vandalism, looting, assaults took place from students protesting on those nights. It was not peaceful. Sitting close to kent state is the university of akron, the second largest university in ohio. Much unlike kent state, akron u has no declared campus as it is literally sprawled all over the city and has one very small student commons building and at the time no dorms. Akron is however a large city with a large police force. The radicalized students of akron where centralized to kent state as the student movement was not organic, it was of a nationally organized protest. It was for disruption. That was the stated purpose. The national guard was brought in because kent could not handle the student actions harming its city and citizens. The students in responce would burn down the rotc build on kent states campus. On may 3rd the students were informed the national guard would be also expanded to on campus and have authoity to disperse any student protest on university's campus. On may 4th the students against the deans advise organized. The national guard ordered them to immediately disperse. The students started throwing rocks at the national guard and there guard warns them clearly to cease and desist and disperse or be dispersed. They continued to throw rock so the guard used teargas. Because of the wind, it blew back on the guard and the student could pick up the canisters and throw them back. The order was given to disperse the protest and the guard with bayonets on the rifles marched down blanket hill and dispursed the protest. However they ended up at a fence with no retreat avalible and some student circled back and started throwing rocks. The guard then march back to the top of banket hill as some students flanked them throwing rocks at them and ended up in a parking lot area. 4 to five guards. Remained down around the student common try to talk to student to descalat because they knew they had live rounds and it was out of control and dangerous. 3 guardsmen where injured going back to banket hill when a group of soldiers from the line closest to the parking lot turned and took offensive positions. No warningshot can be rationalized as happening but the guard shot toward the parkinglot. 4 student who had no involement in the protest died. 9 others injured. Some for life. No rock thrower ever came forward and took responsibility for their actions in that event. No protester ever came forward and admitted to the crimes they engaged in from april 30 to may 2 in the city of kent. That is the real history of what happened. So the next time you hear ohio from neil young you can think about what he fails to convey.

  42. e.... k....

    CIA operation I'm sure

  43. J.... P....

    Law enforcement is always right. Great work yesterday & today.

  44. N.... ....

    I'm taking a trip to Kent State this week for a visit and pay respects. I'm originally from NJ but moved to Ohio a few years ago. What a sad fuckin tragedy.

  45. r.... w....

    Wild, love your worx, thanx. You are very kind. Yes, only our hearts allow us to see that all life are needed threads in the fabric of life, that "...we(e),..." can never allow to be torn asunder. War isn't the answer, it's only the ever asked and never answered adequately question, why? And, when bees are extinct, humanity will not be eating and soon after will follow them. As well, without freedom of the press no other freedoms would exist. The 'Big Fix' is in again, remember, if it ain't fixed don't break it; time's short, hour's late. Sources for evolutionary growth :) reality

  46. A.... ....

    I remember as if it was yesterday. Bullets flying, people dying, Mothers crying..... Nixon lying.

  47. I.... D....

    Ohio die

  48. A.... ....

    “A single death is a tragedy, a million is a statistic.” - Joseph Stalin

    A.... ....

    And what do u think about Stalin?

    A.... ....

    Titanium Alpha I only post this because there is more mourning over 4 students in the United States than there are for genocides, mass starvations, and death in other parts of the world.

    A.... ....

    @Advanced that is true tho

  49. C.... F....

    This is one of the reasons President Trump is cleaning the Swamp. The Swamp has been infected for a very, very long time. Replace, replace, replace.

    C.... F....

    Rump lies more then Nixon and that's saying a lot, He's also the biggest gator in the swamp, were doomed to repeat if we don't learn.

  50. N.... R....

    💃💃💃

  51. M.... W....

    An American Tragedy! RIP fellow students,Allison, Sandy, Jeff and Bill.

  52. J.... D....

    they were told to kill,why the hell do ya think no charges came,we were on our own just like neil sung it,and we were sad,mad,upset in Ohio and the whole country

  53. E.... C....

    Such a crazy time

  54. D.... F....

    We’re the national guard shooters ever held daccountable?

    D.... F....

    Nope, Under orders, The day before protesters threw rocks at the guard but at time time of the shooting the nearest student was about 300 feet away, BTW the girl on he knees next to the down student 0:56 was a 15 yo visiting the campus and revived death threats later. Messed up times for sure.

  55. G.... D....

    I wish my history project went viral

  56. M.... R....

    I think there are people who would have more of this today than ever before. They'd have everyone obey at all costs. Those four students are hero's.

  57. A.... H....

    NEVER FORGET!!! how utterly pathetic that May 4th is remembered more in this country for a movie than for the shootings at Kent State.

  58. K.... 4....

    I come back here every 4th of may just as my little way of honoring the dead. I'm going to be attending kent state this fall, so I'll be there for the 50th anniversary. It's a sad tale, no matter how you look at it.

  59. B.... B....

    Remember.

  60. C.... M....

    And don't think it can't happen again.

  61. m.... ....

    19 years ago this day a protest on Kent State campus left four innocent students dead, nine injured one permanently paralized. Imagine at a time when school shootings become commen our government were the first to bring live weapons and shoot students. A protest over the bombing in Cambodia. Newspapers calling it a riot. This was 1970. What is our government going to do next. With social media and cameras,droids. It's a scary world right now. And I thought it was bad then. But now no one is protesting as they slowly take our rights and control. Americans need to stand together again.

  62. R.... ....

    I remember every May 4th. Even today = 2019

  63. R.... C....

    this is relevant even today maybe more so !

  64. P.... W....

    I was in 11th grade in Columbus Ohio when this happened. I'm 65 now and as conservative as it gets, but this date breaks my heart. We wore black armbands to school and even had a walk out, and got mentioned on a local AM radio station for having "an impromptu pep rally, the Brookhaven Bearcats are a force to be reckoned with." Anyway, tomorrow, May 4, 2019, my family is making the trip to Kent State, probably the last time we will make this trek. Jeffrey Miller, Allison Krause, Sandy Scheuer, and Bill Schroeder; We will see you tomorrow.. <3

  65. m.... c....

    How can you thumbs down . I give 👎to the 👎 people

  66. S.... R....

    The soldiers were only kids themselves. Young is talented, but he’s clearly no brainiac. He seems to know little about history. In “Cortez the Killer” he claims that “war was never known” among the Indians before the white man arrived. His brain has rotted away due to drug use.

  67. M.... S....

    what if you knew her

  68. D.... M....

    Incredible guitar from Neil Young

    D.... M....

    Stephen Stills and Neil Young are playing guitar together. the distinctive opening riff and solos sound more like Stills to me

  69. I.... G....

    The soldiers apprently feared for their lives that is why they fired it was only 29 soldiers out of 77 that fired shots so don't blame the soldiers it was everyone's fault not just the soldiers.

    I.... G....

    Good grief get your facts straight before you post. How could soldiers carrying guns "fear for their lives" from students that were unarmed? Didn't matter how old the soldiers were. They fired teargas into the crowd. The wind brought the teargas back at the soldiers. There was some confusion by all involved as to this. The crowd started running from the soldiers including students walking to class. All four of the dead were shot in the back.

    I.... G....

    @MsPinecone123 buddy you act like i didn't know this and the soldiers were getting rocks thrown at them this happens all the time in history it's called escaleion of events like oh i don't know boston massacare or the american revolution the french revoloution. And if the soilders weren't scared weren't scared they would't of fired because why would they fire into a unarmed crowd that wasn't voilent

    I.... G....

    @MsPinecone123 i didn't say the soliders were 29 i said 29 out of 77 soliders fired into the crowd read the entire thing

  70. M.... R....

    4 dead countless others to make the rich richer, I serve no fuckin 1 anarchy dig trunorth cro

  71. l.... ....

    A state sanctioned school shooting. It doesn't get much worse than that....except it did.

  72. B.... C....

    Fucking brickheads and the president

  73. D.... M....

    Senseless deaths!

  74. M.... R....

    NVR fuckin vote, NVR support,freedom slaves thank U Neil ,and tesla! And kurts SON OF ANARCHY!!!!!!

  75. R.... G....

    This song wrote leah.

  76. D.... M....

    I wonder who the 296 thumbs-down mthrfckrs are?!? Keep On Rockin' In The Free World...

  77. N.... 0....

    Heard this song for the first time in my US History class, now it’s one of my favorite songs and I keep playing it over and over.

  78. J.... H....

    What is Neil Young sister and sing such a bang crawls award a great tragedy it was a kill so many people why it is what what is so great about killing people why is Neil Young so a Sol a Sol up on oh wow look we killed so many people man hey we were the winners okay okay email you're the winner Gray Ariel Winter Are You The Wire is Neil Young in the winter

  79. N.... ....

    Neil went to my high school I drive by his childhood home every day going to school

  80. S.... S....

    Looking back , I think this was the end of the Vietnam War, beginning right there.

  81. J.... ....

    Jimi Hendrix said it right you can love your country but hate the government

  82. D.... h....

    love neil young, he knew what was going on, bless that man.

  83. E.... d....

    Why weren't the soldiers who shot them dead ever identified? Why doesn't anyone know if they were told to shoot or did it on their own accord? WHY? That's bullshit! Open this case up NOW, find out because it's not going to be hard: SOMEONE KNOWS...MANY PEOPLE KNOW WHAT HAPPENED. Find the soldiers who murder these unarmed students and finally: put them in prison for however long they have left.

  84. B.... T....

    R.I.P 😔❤

  85. S.... ....

    Nixon has said this was the worst event that happened during his Presidency. I think the soldiers took it upon themselves to open fire since not all of them fired.

  86. g.... ....

    How things have changed. Now the tin soldiers are the deep state.

  87. B.... ....

    None one held responsible - Kennedy assassinated and they "lost" every single medical record - Twin towers destroyed plus a building next door, no remains of aircraft that supposedly hit the Pentagon. Half the population in jail or broke. The list goes on and on. Home of the free? (you' must be joking, more like home of the cover up and sick evil bastards running the show)

  88. j.... h....

    It's actually by Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young.

  89. j.... z....

    The cite of the 'incident' was turned into a parking lot.

  90. H.... F....

    antifa take note you motherfuckers this is real protests.trump was against all the middle east wars .get real you have no problems

  91. B.... T....

    This message should be sent to these invaders of the caravan on our borders!!!

  92. R.... J....

    Trump is a patriot wake up America why is he so hated because he is a shock to the washington establishment not just dems but some Republicans too but dont fear they will smear and ruin anything good he tries to do

  93. D.... C....

    It's scary...I'm a millennial/gen z cusp (born in 1998), and my dad says with this new generation and the trump administration that he's never seen a country more torn since Vietnam.

  94. J.... J....

    People are calling for this again and it is not right. History repeats itself. Always gonna be some dictator trying to restore order. Socrates said that.

  95. R.... J....

    Beatniks

    R.... J....

    Shoot the fu-kin commies!!😕

  96. T.... 8....

    What does he meant by "Should've been done long ago" ?

  97. D.... S....

    I live not far from Kent but every one in my family did not like Nixon I was not born yet when this happened but I love songs that are based on history and the truth