The Campaigner, Neil Young (cover by Anton)

The Campaigner, a song from Neil Young , who wrote this in the time when Nixon was president of the U.S.A, is still up to date !

"The Campaigner" appeared on Decade (1977). On this track Young saw Nixon on TV sitting at the bedside of his wife, who had suffered a stroke, which inspired Young to write a song: "The hospitals have made him cry, but there's always a free way in his eye, though the beach just got to crowded for his stroll....even Richard Nixon has got soul".

Steve Erickson said about this;"From out of the conflict between utopia and anarchy has emerged moral ambiguity and complexity. In 1970, when he wrote ''Ohio'' following the murder of four students by National Guardsmen at Kent State University, his rage was more instinctive than political: ''My lyrics get personal about it,'' he acknowledges. ''I'm singing: 'What if you knew her and saw her dead on the ground? How could you run when you know? '''But that anger was also answered a few years later by ''Campaigner,'' when alone among major spokesmen for the counterculture he expressed compassion for a disgraced president who lost everything (''Even Richard Nixon has got soul'')"


Lyrics;

I am a lonely visitor.
I came to late to cause a stir,
Though I campaigned all my life
towards that goal.
I hardly slept the night you wept
Our secret's safe and still well kept
Where even Richard Nixon has got soul.
Even Richard Nixon has got
Soul.

Traffic cops are all color blind.
People steal from their own kind.
Evening comes to early for a stroll.
Down neon streets the streaker streaks.
The speaker speaks,
but the truth still leaks,
Where even Richard Nixon has got soul.
Even Richard Nixon has got it,
Soul.

The podium rocks in the crowded waves.
The speaker talks of the beautiful saves
That went down long before
he played this role
For the hotel queens and the magazines,
Test tube genes and slot machines
Where even Richard Nixon got soul.
Even Richard Nixon has got it,
Soul.

Hospitals have made him cry,
But there's always a free way in his eye,
Though his beach just got
too crowded for his stroll.
Roads stretch out like healthy veins,
And wild gift horses strain the reins,
Where even Richard Nixon has got soul.
Even Richard Nixon has got
Soul.

I am a lonely visitor.
I came to late to cause a stir,
Though I campaigned all my life
towards that goal.

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[pledgepledge]

Wow tanx man did'nt remember I love this tune...now I know it's a master piece....nice rédition...Obama...lol...nice touch.

[manton2y]

@pledgepledge thanx man !

[TheSWATcodClan]

This is really amazing. Deserves a million+ views. Sounds great. I'm 13 years old and Neil Young is amazing. This is great.