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