My City Was Gone

I went back to Ohio but my city was gone

There was no train station; there was no downtown

South Howard had disappeared; all my favorite places

My city had been pulled down - reduced to parking spaces

Way to go, Ohio



I went back to Ohio but my family was gone

I stood on the back porch, there was nobody home

I was stunned and amazed

My childhood memories slowly swirled past like the wind through the trees

Way to go, Ohio



I went back to Ohio

But my pretty countryside had been paved down the middle by a government that had no pride

The farms of Ohio had been replaced by shopping malls

And muzak filled the air from Seneca to Cuyahoga Falls

Way to go, Ohio