On this date
In one Ohio town
The law stormed in
They mowed some kids down
Blood here and there
One girl screamed in fear
Despite the still of the picture
Her voice, you did hear
Those kids were protesting
A war far away
Where even Mr. Cronkite knew
America ought not stay
But those politicians
They needed to be tough
So they sent someone else’s kid
To the jungle and the rough
They didn’t want pictures
Of protests here at home
So they used even more force
Against people who did roam
All across the land
From sea to shining sea
Bring ’em home, they cried
Before any more misery
More blood, more death
Because Tricky Dick was a man
Kill them here, kill them there
What a great and moral plan
On this date
In the Ohio town of Kent
America prayed for answers
With knee fully bent
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