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 sidewalk just waving at taxis    Like horses in parades in passing    I ask where she's headed she tells me,    "Ohio, I've not seen my mother 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 seen her since thirteen.       You see, I was taken while she lay sleeping    By my father's hired man    We moved to city so far from my family    I haven't been back there 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 to kiss you    To never leave her alone       And I've gotten know her to live with to love her    It's hard to see her leave    She belongs to her mother and the state of Ohio    I wish she belonged to me       See you sometime, see you sometime