KENT STATE

KENT STATE            9-5-2010              DB

KENT  STATE – DON’T  BE  LATE
OR  YOU  WON’T  BE  SHOT
BY  THE  NATIONAL  GUARD
WHO  ARE  A  DEADLY  LOT
TRICKY  DICKY  SLIPPED  AND  FELL
AND  SMILED  HIS  WAY  BACK  UP
ALL  TEETH  AND  GLIBNESS
KNOWING  SMILES  AND  ALL
HE  DIDN’T  EVEN  BOTHER  TO  SAY
WATCH  OUT  YOU’ALL
HERE  COME  MY  WATCHDOGS
ARMED  TO  THE  TEETH
WITH  NO  FLOWERS  TO  BE  SEEN
ONLY  SHINY  BARRELS
TO  PUT  A  BULLET  IN  YOUR  SPLEEN
    Tricky  Dicky  slipped  and  fell
    LBJ  is  on  his  way  to  hell
    Tricky  Dicky  smelt  a  rat
    And  should  have  gone  to  jail
    Just  like  a  fat  cat
KENT  CRIED – AND  LOST  IT’S  SOUL
THANKS  TO  TRICKY  DICKY
FOR  THE  REST  OF  TIME
IT  CAN  NEVER  AGAIN  BE  WHOLE
IT  CAN  NEVER  SPEAK  OF  FREEDOM
IT  CAN  ONLY  SPEAK  OF  HATE
THANKS  TO  TRICKY  DICKY
EVERY  SINGLE  FLOWER
THE  SOLDIERS  DID  NEGATE
    Tricky  Dicky  slipped  and  fell
    LBJ  is  on  his  way  to  hell
    Tricky  Dicky  smelt  a  rat
    And  should  have  gone  to  jail
    Just  like  a  fat  cat
NO  FLOWERS  IN  THE  BARRELS
ONLY  LEAD  AND  DEATH
HERE  COMES  THE  NATIONAL  GUARD
TO  END  THE  HIPPIE  REIGN
LOTS’  OF  BROKEN  FLOWERS
DROVE  THE  NATIONAL  GUARD
COMPLETELY  INSANE
PULL  THE  TRIGGERS  MEN
MOW  THEM  DOWN  LIKE  DOVES
SET  THEM  IN  YOUR  SIGHTS
LBJ  AND  I  ARE  OFF
TO  FINALIZE  ANOTHER  PLAN
LET’S  BOMB  CAMBODIA
WHILE  WE  STILL  CAN

The above words came to mind after reading the remembrances of the slain students, so i typed them up quickly - no chords. That was a sad day in history, but if one looks at the world today, it doesn't seem as if much has improved. There was, and still is, a great deal to be said for the ethos of the sixties, it is only a pity that it could not perpetuate for ever.