Story Behind The Song
Finding oneself displaced, divorced, and depressed, while living in a one room cockraoch infested apartment
in a shitty part of Hollywood, made me reflect back to where I came from. A small farm town in Ohio.
Song Description
We spend the first part of our lives racing around losing sight of who we really are. Then
we spend the last part of our lives trying to remember who we really were.
| Song Length |
2:48 |
Genre |
Rock - Funk, Rock - Alternative |
| Tempo |
Medium (111 - 130) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Troubled, Restless |
Subject |
Home, History, Past |
| Similar Artists |
The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Beck |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
Why-o Why-o Why-o Why-o Did I ever leave Ohio
Take me back to the days of denial You and yours and my own survival Momma the first thing I thought that I'd tell ya. Once your gone you always regret that they'll forget you. Why oh Why did I leave you. Adding up the guilt but now I think I'm beginning to see through. That all of my life is duplicite. Now I want some simplicite. Missing the place that I once remember. Summer is gone now it's tme for the winter.
All I wanted was something new but here I am once again with you.
Why-o Why-o Why-o Why-o Did I ever leave Ohio.
Believe in the Hero with strength of conviction or did I always seem to ask for permission. To fake my esteem in the presence of strangers. Never knowing whether or not that they are traitors. Where oh where is my home now displacement is a skill that you don't learn but already know how. You and me see we're on the same plane but that don't mean that your going my way see the road keeps going on forever what I know is what I remember.
All I wanted was something new but here I am once again with you.
Why-o Why-o Why-o Why-o Did I ever leave Ohio. Did I ever.