My City Was Gone Lyrics - Pretenders

I went back to Ohio 

But my city was gone 

There was no train station 

There was no downtown 

South Howard had disappeared 

All my favorite places 

My city had been pulled down 

Reduced to parking spaces 

A, o, way to go Ohio 

Well I went back to Ohio 

But my family was gone 

I stood on the back porch 

There was nobody home 

I was stunned and amazed 

My childhood memories 

Slowly swirled past 

Like the wind through the trees 

A, o, oh way to go Ohio 

I went back to Ohio 

But my pretty countryside 

Had been paved down the middle 

By a government that had no pride 

The farms of Ohio 

Had been replaced by shopping malls 

And Muzak filled the air 

From Seneca to Cuyahoga falls 

Said, a, o, oh way to go Ohio