Can you name the composer of this tune?

Question

Four and twenty years ago
I come into this life
Born of a woman and a man who lived in strife.
He was tired of being poor,
And he wasn't into selling door-to-door
And he worked like the devil to be free.

A different kind of poverty
Now upsets me soul
Night after sleepless night
I walk the floor and want to know
Why, am I so alone?
Where is my woman, can I take her home?
Have I driven her away, is she gone?

Morning comes the sunrise and I'm driven to my bed
I see that it is empty and there's devils in my head
I embrace, the many-colored beast
I grow weary of the torment, can there be no peace?
And I find myself just wishing
That my life would simply cease.

Answer 1

Stephen Stills