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 itSoldiers are cutting us downShould have been done long ago.What if you knew herAnd found her dead on the groundHow can you run when you know?

Gotta get down to itSoldiers are cutting us downShould have been done long ago.What if you knew herAnd found her dead on the groundHow 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

This song is talking about the time period of the Vietnam War, and how 4 students attending Kent University in Ohio were shot and killed for expressing their freedom of speech, by protesting against the War. This massacre was on May 4, 1970. Soldiers were given order to stop the protesting by the president during the time, Nixon. As the shooting began it was as if everyone was on their own. Once the shooting had finished there was a female on the ground holding her dead friend, moping. I believe that this song is asking how could you do that, watch innocent students get killed for expressing their beliefs.

Neil Young was born on November 12, 1945 in Toronto, Canada. His parents had separated at a very young age and to make matters worse he had diabetes, polio, and epilepsy. As a teen Neil would perform and take parts in bands, later on he went to perform solo. He moved to Los Angeles in 1966, and then joined the Buffalo Springfield, a versatile and pioneering group. His genre of music was folk and rock. He is still alive today.

Four students attending Kent State had died at the horrifying Kent State Massacre: Allison Krause age 19, William Schroeder age 19, Jeffrey Miller age 20, and Sandy Scheuer age 20. Nine students were wounded.

Richard Nixon was born on January 9, 1913 in Yorba Linda, California. He became President on January 21, 1973. Nixon was President during the Vietnam War, and there were a lot of tensions with all of the politics. He was elected in 1969 as the 37th President of the United States. He was responsible for the Kent State Massacre, because it was from his orders in which the soldiers killed the students. He was the first President to resign his post, on August 9, 1974. He was President for nineteen months.

Started on November 1st, 1955, and ended on April 30th, 1975.

This war was also known as the Second Indochina War

The US had joined the war to prevent Communism from taking over South Vietnam

Tin Soldiers are plastic toys that kids play with.

This reference was made, because kids always have control in what the little soldiers do, but in this case President Nixon was controlling the soldiers

The lyrics all repeat themselves twice The act of repeating; repeated action,

performance, production, or words

The theme of this song is talking about the Vietnam War and how President Nixon caused the Kent State Massacre causing the 4 deaths.

This song has a 4 stanza set up An arrangement of a certain number of

lines, usually four or more.

A row of written or printed letters, words, etc.

When lyrics are used to describe something

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