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Out from my window across from the city
D# Fm
I have what's considered a good view
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Two blocks from the subway, three from the fountain
D# Fm
Where I walk to break in new shoes
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She stands on the sidewalk just waving at taxis
D# Fm
Like horses in parades in fancies
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I ask where she's headed she tells me
D# Fm
Ohio, I've not seen my mother in ages
C# G# D# Fm
It's been a long time, a real long time
C# G# D# Fm
It's been a long time, a real long time
C# G#
Out from my window How far is Ohio?
D# Fm
She laughed and pointed out east
C# G#
She said I grew up there with my dear mother
D# Fm
And I haven't seen her since thirteen
C# G#
You see, I was taken while she lay sleeping
D# Fm
By my father's hired men
C# G#
We moved to city so far from my family
D# Fm
I haven't been back there since
C# G# D# Fm
It's been a long time, a real long time
C# G# D# Fm
It's been a long time, a real long time
C# G#
Out from my window please hear me Ohio
D# Fm
Your daughter wants to come home
C# G#
She longs to be with you to hug you to kiss you
D# Fm
To never leave her alone
C# G#
And I've gotten know her to live with to love her
D# Fm
It's hard to see her leave
C# G#
She belongs to her mother and the state of Ohio
D# Fm
I wish she belonged to me
C# G# D# Fm
It's been a long time, a real long time
C# G# D# Fm
See you sometime, see you sometime
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