Quiz, anyone?

i was looking for the lyrics of a '70s song - seems lots of people have recorded it, but the version i wanted was the first recording, by its writer - and this came up.  Fascinating! 
http://historymatters.gmu.edu/mse/songs/question5.html

You might want to check out their quiz about presidential 3rd parties.

BTW, the song i was looking for was Jim Weatherley's The Need to Be.
Lyrics: https://www.lyrics.com/lyric/209401/Jim+Weatherly/The+Need+to+Be
Lists of covers of his songs: http://www.jimweatherly.com/discography.htm