Boy in Ohio Songtext
von Phil Ochs

Creek was running by the road
And the Buckeye sun was a-shinin′
I rode my bike down Alum Creek Drive
When I was a boy in Ohio

The English teacher he didn't care
And he challenged us to checkers
And once in a while we′d swap a joke
When I was a boy in Ohio

Once I was caught playing hooky from school
They found me home in the evening
I confessed I had been to the movie show
When I was a boy in Ohio


We would wait for the summer to come
For swimmin' and pickin' berries
But now a freeway covers the field
Where I used to be so happy

I remember the Burger Boy
Where the girls would shine like the engines
And the radio was always loud
When I was a boy in Ohio

Spanish teacher she tried to help
She was much too pretty
So I just stared at the back of her legs
When I was a boy in Ohio

It was 3.2 beer at the honky tonk bar
Where they said the girls they were easy
But somehow I never found me one
When I was a boy in Ohio


Soon I was grown and I had to leave
And I′ve been all over the country
But I don′t believe I've had more fun
Than when I was a boy in Ohio