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Well the rain it has been falling
Like it wants to drown us all
And the trees are gently swaying
Like theyâre thinkinâ âbout the fall
I still get shivers when I hear
You singinâ down the hall
Iâm gonna kiss you all over Ohio
And the starlings they were flying
Earlier today
Doing their maneuvers
Clouds of feathers on display
Makes me wanna kneel in prayer but
Iâve forgotten what to say
Iâll just name all the birds in Ohio
Now the reason I am writing
Is to tell you âbout the flood
Ahh, the river is so beautiful
But it leaves a load of mud
All I have now are these dirty songs
I guess theyâre in my blood
They make me wander so far from Ohio
(Yeah) Itâs a silly undertaking
To fly halfway âround the earth
With an imaginary womb of songs
Intent on giving birth
I gave all that I had to give
Iâm not sure what itâs worth
Scatter the ashes right here in Ohio
All I wanna be is a thousand black birds
Bursting from a tree into the blue
Love â let it be not just a feeling
But the broken beauty
Of what we choose to do
And the halleujah chorus
Used to make my Daddy cry
I still wonder âbout the ruckus
Angels make up there on high
In the meanwhile there are measures
We can take to get us by
Lay me down next to you in Ohio
But my expectations stand still
Like beggars at the door
Iâm flat broke from the dues
Iâve paid them all before
Gonna let the Cuyahoga
Wash me up on burning shores
Shipwrecked with you in Ohio
All I wanna be is a thousand black birds
Bursting from a tree into the blue
Love â let it be not just a feeling
But the broken beauty
Of what we choose to do
I have seen the slow corruption
Of the best ideas of Christ
In the pulpits of our nation
Gospel turned into white lies
If you preach a subtle hatred -
The bible as your alibi
Goddam you right here in Ohio
But my shameless hallucination:
Heâs still knockinâ at my door
And I know how this oneâs gonna end
Heâs gotten in before
Iâve run as fast as I can run
Iâve had to ask, What for?
He haunts me all over Ohio
All I wanna be is a thousand black birds
Bursting from a tree into the blue
Love â let it be not just a feeling
But the broken beauty
Of what we choose to do
Well the rain it has been falling
Like it wants to drown us all
And the trees are gently swaying
Like theyâre thinkinâ âbout the fall
I still get shivers when I hear
You singinâ down the hall
Iâm gonna kiss you all over Ohio
- Album:
- Live From The Edge Of The World
- Blood Oranges in the Snow
- Meet Me At The Edge Of The World
- Miscellaneous
- Eve
- Patience
- Till We Have Faces
- The Long Surrender
- Five Good Reasons to Meet Me
- 2013-11-19: Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, CA,...
- 2012-11-07: Daytrotter Studio, Rock Island, IL, USA
- Sacred Ground
- Forecastle Festival Mixtape 2015
- Sacred Ground - Single
- HGTV + NoiseTrade Ultimate Holiday Soundtrack
- The Darkest Night of the Year
- The Trumpet Child
- Snow Angels (Bonus Track Version)
- The Long Surrender (Bonus Track Version)
- Changes Come (Live)