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