Escape From Ohio lyrics

[Verse 1]
There were twenty, maybe twenty-five of us
Driving out to California in a bus
We were looking for a good time
And a radio station we could trust
Suddenly we heard an angry thud
And our mighty chariot turned into a dud
We were stopped there in our tracks, man
Adjacent to some cows chewing their cud

[Pre-Chorus 1]
Lord, please send some mercy down to me
(50 miles south of Bowling Green)
This will clearly never be my scene
(Why does every city start with "C"?)

[Chorus 1]
There's only one sure thing that I know:
I've got to get out of Ohio
'Til then I'll never feel love

[Verse 2]
They say that what you give is what you're gonna get
It's no wonder everything's gone to sh*t
Cause they've given us John Boehner
And you better believe they've given us Jean Schmidt
Now the floodgates of hell have opened wide
That's a bad idea, all politics aside
They're gonna roll out Joe the Plumber
Just to make sure our minds get properly fried
[Pre-Chorus 2]
Lord, be merciful and let me die
(50 miles south of Lodi)
Round on both ends and the middle's high
(What's so great about a buckeye?)

[Chorus 2]
Pulled by its riptide and undertow
There's no escaping from Ohio
I'll never get to feel love

[Bridge]
Hey! The walls, they're closing in
But I'm just in sight of Michigan
The only way that I'll attain 'ya
Is if I get over to Pennsylvania

[Chorus 3]
Except for GBV and Devo
Nothing seems to redeem Ohio
It is the state that killed my love

[Outro]
Hey! Don't you want to come with me
Hey! And make a break for Kentucky?
Hey! I still got something to put in 'ya
Hey! But we'll have to go to West Virginia
And I've heard great things about Indiana, too