I've always heard that this song was about Vietnam War draft-dodgers trying to flee to Canada, but given that Graham Nash, a Brit, wrote this tune, I've wondered if it's not a personal encounter with the immigration hassles that come with being an international rockstar. If so, he's probably not the first and definitely not the last (Daevid Allen, John Lennon, M.I.A, e.g.) to be caught between fame and immigration law.
I've always heard that this song was about Vietnam War draft-dodgers trying to flee to Canada, but given that Graham Nash, a Brit, wrote this tune, I've wondered if it's not a personal encounter with the immigration hassles that come with being an international rockstar. If so, he's probably not the first and definitely not the last (Daevid Allen, John Lennon, M.I.A, e.g.) to be caught between fame and immigration law.