Ohio

[Doris:]
Why, oh, why, oh, why, oh
Why did I ever leave Ohio?
Why did I wander to find what lies yonder
When life was so cozy at home?

[Doris & Sue:]
Wondering while I wonder
Why did I fly?
Why did I roam?
Oh, why, oh, why, oh
Did I ([Sue:] You) leave Ohio?
Maybe I'd better go

Home

[Dorris:]
O-H-I-O

[Doris & Sue:]
Maybe I'd ([Sue:] You'd) better go
Home

[Sue:]
Well, mother, this song still doesn't explain why you abandoned your children.

[Doris:]
Ohio was stifling, and we couldn't wait to get out of the place.
And I told you, "Sue, we're going to be hunting Nazis."

[Sue:]
And Pop said, "Sue, this might take a little while."

[Doris:]
Well, those Nazis are slippery, and me hunting them way down in Lima, Peru.

[Sue:]
And we'd get postcards from Niagara Falls.

[Doris:]
Well, I'm stalking Mengele in Bolivian malls.

[Sue:]
Three times a year we'd get crackling phone calls!

[Doris:]
Happy birthday.

[Sue:]
"Hunting Nazis!"

[Doris:]
Merry Christmas.

[Sue:]
"Hunting Nazis!"

[Doris:]
Homesick.

[Sue:]
Abandoned.

[Dorris:]
Heartsick.

[Sue:]
Neglected!

[Doris & Sue:]
Thank heavens we're free!
Why, oh, why, oh, why, oh
Why did I ever leave Ohio?
Oh, why, oh, why, oh
Did I ([Sue:] You) leave Ohio?
Maybe I'd better stay
Home