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
 A, O, WAY TO GO OHIO

 WELL 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
 A, O, OH 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 HAD BEEN REPLACED BY SHOPPING MALLS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
 SAID, A, O, OH WAY TO GO OHIO