Over the Rhine Album: Changes Come: Over the Rhine Live Track: Ohio
Ohio Lyrics
Words and music: Bergquist
Hello Ohio The back roads I know Ohio Like the back of my hand Alone Ohio Where the river bends And it's strange to see your story end
In my life I"ve seen a thousand dreams Through the threshers all torn to pieces And the land lay bare Someone turned a profit there And a good son lost his life in a strip pit
When the sun went down we would all leave town And light our fires in Egypt Bottom And the reservoir was just as good for Joni 'Cause we knew we would Dream outloud in the night air
Holly said, Don't go inside the children's home Mary said, Don't leave your man alone Valerie was singin' to the radio Ohio
It was summertime in '83 We were burnin' out at the rubber tree Wonderin' what in the world Would make all this worthwhile And if I knew then I was older then Would I see regret to the last mile
Hello Ohio The back roads I know Ohio Like the back of my hand Alone Ohio Where the river bends And it's strange to see your story end How I hate to see your story end It's so sad to see your story end
