Phil Ochs
Phil Ochs - Boy In Ohio lyrics
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G C G Creek was running by the road D And the Buckeye sun was a-shinin' G C G I rode my bike down Alum Creek Drive Em Am When I was a boy in Ohio G C G The English teacher he didn't care F He challenged us to checkers Bb Dm D7 And once in a while we'd swap a joke Eb When I was a boy in Ohio Once I was caught playing hooky from school They found me home in the evening I confessed I had been to the movie show When I was a boy in Ohio We would wait for the summer to come For swimmin' and pickin' berries But now a freeway covers the field Where I used to be so happy I remember the Burger Boy Where the girls would shine like the engines And the radio was always loud When I was a boy in Ohio Spanish teacher she tried to help She was much too pretty So I just stared at the back of her legs When I was a boy in Ohio It was 3.2 beer* at the honky tonk bar Where they said the girls were easy But somehow I never found me one When I was a boy in Ohio Soon I was grown and I had to leave And I've been all over the country But I don't believe I've had more fun Than when I was a boy in Ohio