Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young's "Ohio," Updated

[Plaid Adder]

Because it had to be done...

OHIO
(with apologies to CSNY)

November and pressure's mounting,
It's finally time to vote.
All over now but the counting,
What's up with Ohio?

Warren's done voting, and
Now they're locking it down
Just as they planned long ago.
Nobody's watching as
Blackwell's goons do their 'count'
Stolen or lost? We don't know.

The exit polls have John winning,
And saying soon Bush will go.
The media film Bush grinning;
Rove just called Ohio.

How does that jerk do it?
What sick deal just went down?
There's so much left yet to go--
Provisional ballots,
Some polls still haven't closed--
How does that ratbastard know?

Eight hour lines in Columbus,
Poor precincts with undervotes.
Weird numbers in Cuyahoga,
What's up with Ohio?

Gotta admit to it,
They've sure got it all down.
Smoother than back in '00.
Were we just robbed? Did we
Just not gain enough ground?
Thanks to the box, we don't know.

November, John says it's over,
We're finally on our own.
We'll be the ones who uncover
More theft in Ohio.
More theft in Ohio.

C ya,

The Plaid Adder

[Fenris]

1. AHEM. You left off the part of that group that WROTE the song.

Y

[Plaid Adder]

2. WHoops! Sorry. n/t

[MnFats]

3. True. Neil Young wrote it. Within 48 hours, as I recall.

Came into the studio like a man driven.
They recorded it and it was getting radio airplay about a week or so after the Kent State killings, er, murders.
Phenomenal for the day....

[ET Awful]

8. According to the offficial story, he got the idea while reading Life

magazine's coverage of the incident, walked out of the room, and came back a short time later with the completed lyrics.

[otohara]

4. Now If You Could Just Get CSN To Re-Record Ohio

w/ new words...and it would become an Internet hit, because Clear Channel would refuse to play it.

I can dream...

[Plaid Adder]

5. Yeah, funny how Clear Channel will play 70s music that was radical in its

day, but mysteriously there's no Dubya-era music of that nature on the airwaves.

Alas,

The Plaid Adder

[billyskank]

6. And tomorrow's Wednesday

that means Plaidder day! Hooray!

[stellanoir]

7. Most appropriate spin

P.A.

thanks,

Now just get Clear Channel to play it.

Sorry, don't mean to sound so cynical.

Am still in shock over all of this crap.