Song Description

up-tempo country

Lyrics

Words & Music by
RAY GRIFF

OHIO

Every day at noon the crew rush off,
To get some chow at the old truck stop.
The talk is light, not much is said,
When there?s meat and three and hot corn bread.
A restless soul with wander lust,
I thumbed it to Connecticut.
Construction?s good, a mini-boom,
But my heart sings a different tune.

CHORUS:
Why oh why, oh why oh,
Why did I leave Ohio.
I miss my folks, my brother?s jokes, my old dog Jericho,
Why did I leave Ohio.

When the whistle blows it?s quittin? time,
I drag my bones where the sun don?t shine.
An ice cold brew, to wet my mouth,
Then I make tracks to the roomin? house.
I?m stained with sweat, my body aches,
But I signed on and them?s the breaks.
A shower feels good, it cuts the dirt,
But it don?t wash away the hurt.

CHORUS;
Why oh why, oh why oh,
Why did I leave Ohio.
I miss my girl, my cousin Earl, my friends at Smokey Joe?s,
Why did I leave Ohio.

BRIDGE
I miss the family get away?s, the boat rides on Sandusky Bay,
Those Sunday meetin?s on the ground, when neighbors come from miles around.
I miss the smell of new mown hay, Mount Logan on a sunny day,
The Cardinals on my window-sill, the view on top of Forest Hill.
The mighty oaks, the maple trees, I even miss the factory?s,
A Redlegs fan I just can?t wait, to get back to that Buckeye state.

CHORUS:
Why oh why, oh why oh,
Why did I leave Ohio.
Most every night, I call or write to some that I know,
Why did I leave Ohio.

Copyright: Ray Griff
Publisher: CalNash Music/Socan
43054 Deer Valley PO
Calgary, Alberta T2J 7A7
raygriff@raygriffmusic.com 403-686-3989