Ironically, THAT song is about home not being like it used to be!................
My City Was Gone
Pretenders
Produced by Chris Thomas
Album Learning to Crawl
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
Ay, oh, 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
Ay, 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Had been replaced by shopping malls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, ay, oh, way to go, Ohio
I wonder if Rush ever contemplated that his influence even in death would be as great as it was in life?
While the grief is fresh, I don’t see a time in the foreseeable future where Rush won’t be part of the political landscape.
“Said, ay, oh, way to go, Ohio”
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Um, no. Think, McFly, think. What is the context of the
song? It is that things are MISSING.
Chrissie Hynde says,
“Ay, Oh, where did you go, Ohio”