Tuesday, May 4, 2010

Where were you?

For many people about my age, four dates stand out in our memories.

Where were you when John Kennedy was shot? (November 22, 1963)

Where were you when Martin Luther King was shot? (April 4, 1968)

Where were you when Robert Kennedy was shot? (June 6, 1968)

Where were you when Alison Krause, Jeffrey Miller, Sandra Scheuer and William Schroeder were shot? (May 4, 1970)

In memoriam...

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
Four dead in Ohio
Four dead in Ohio
Four dead in Ohio