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out from my window across from the city
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I have what's considered a good view
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two blocks from the subway, three from the fountain
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where I walk to break in new shoes
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she stands on the sidewalk just waving at taxis
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like horses in parades in passing
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I ask where she's headed
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she tells me:
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"ohio, I've not seen my mother in ages
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it's been a long time, a real long time."
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out from my window:
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"how far is ohio?"
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she laughed and pointed out east
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she said:
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"I grew up there with my dear mother
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and I haven't seen her since thirteen
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you see, I was taken while she lay sleeping
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by my father's hired man
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we moved to a city so far from my family
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I haven't been back there since
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it's been a long time, a real long time,"
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out from my window, please hear me, ohio
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your daughter wants to come home
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she longs to be with you
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to hug you, to kiss you
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to never leave her alone
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and I've gotten to know her
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to live with, to love her
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it's hard to see her leave
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she belongs to her mother and the state of ohio
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I wish she belonged to me
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see you sometime
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see you sometime
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