There's an unsubstantiated rumor going around ... started when Rolling Stone printed it as if it were true ... that on May 4th, 1970, the National Guard killed four protesters at Kent State University in Ohio. Well, that part is definitely a substantiated historical fact, but what I'm pretty sure the magazine made up is that Young wrote a fiery indictment of the shootings, and Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young went right into the studio and rush-released it, knocking its own "Teach Your Children" off the charts.
I'm pretty sure Young had written the song before the tragedy, but rewrote the lyric to make it about the Kent State shootings.
I'm pretty sure these are the original words:
LaRosa's and Graeter's ice cream
UDF if you're on the go
Fresh pasta with chili and cheese
To die for in Ohio
Gotta get down to Cincy
Or up to Clevelandtown
Where the Polish Boys are rad
But if you're wise, boy
You'll be Barberton-bound
For the best chicken you've ever had
LaRosa's and Graeter's ice cream
UDF if you're on the go
Fresh pasta with chili and cheese
To die for in Ohio
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