The Pretenders- My City Was Gone

7" edit.

From the 1982 Sire 45
(7-29840)

Here are the lyrics as requested:

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HAD BEEN REPLACED BY SHOPPING MALLS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

WMG

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[sdonnell07]

you definitely have the best job!! Earning money to play your music collection on youtube! Kudos man!

[727JeffN]

@sdonnell07 I do not earn money for these videos.

[sdonnell07]

@727JeffN Really?!? I thought you would since there are advertisements, well thats a rip but thanks for the upload anyways

[727JeffN]

@sdonnell07 The record companies put them on there.

[KingGeorgeVII]

El Rushbo

[handinside]

Love the song--and Rush,too like him,I have "talent on loan from God"

[gtbasketballfan]

"Greetings to you music lovers thrill seekers conversationalists all across the fruited plain."

[tracykenb]

i was happy to see someone else who has old style music/records that sound good.i have about 1000 of them ,clean no popping scratchy sounds myself......................

[ShredSurfSkateRepeat]

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[jadedmastermind]

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I heard Chrissy Hynde wasn't happy about Rush Limbaugh using this song as the intro theme to the RL Radio Show. They worked out a deal so that the royalties Rush pays for use of the song goes to PETA. Apparently Rush has a soft spot for animals (me too).

[001GenLee]

This song really does take me back in time. I heard the background music on a talk show over the radio, coming back on from a commercial. I said, i know that song, haven't heard it in God knows when. lol Probably more 80's tunes i haven't heard in a long time too..

[miasansom]

@sdonnell07 You can't make money off of copyrighted songs. You can only make money off of videos with content entirely by yourself. Thank you 727JeffN for sharing this.

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[Browncoat56]

Expatriated Ohioan-She is so right

[XtheAce]

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