Summer In Ohio

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Bbmaj7 Bbdim Cm7 F7 (x3)

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I could have a mansion on a hill.
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I could lease a villa in Seville,
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But it wouldn't be as nice 
As a summer in Ohio
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With a gay midget named Carl 
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Playing Tevye and Porgy.

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I could wander Paris after dark. 
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Take a carriage ride through Central Park,
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But it wouldn't be as nice
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As a summer in Ohio,
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Where I'm sharing a room
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With a "former" stripper and her snake: Wayne.

# Not sure about this part...
I could have a satchel full of dollar bills,
Cures for all the nation's ills, pills to make a lion purr;
I could be in line to be the British Queen,
Look like I was seventeen, still I'm certain I'd prefer 
To be going slowly batty
Forty miles east of Cincinnati.

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I could shove an icepick in my eye,
Cm7 F7
I could eat some fish from last July,
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But it wouldn't be as awful as a summer in Ohio
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Without cable, hot water, Vietnamese food, Or you.

I saw your book at a
Borders in Kentucky
Under a sign that said 
"New and Recommended."
I stole a look at your picture 
On the inside sleeve 
And then I couldn't leave.

Richard, who was with me, got uncharacteristically quiet,
Then he said,
"All things considered,
I guess you don't have to buy it."
So I smile like Mona Lisa and I lay my Visa down!
He wants me, he wants me,
But he ain't gonna get me!
I've found my guiding light--
I tell the stars each night:
"Look at me! Look at him!
Son-of-a-bitch!
I guess I'm doing something right!
I finally got something right!"

No, it's not Nirvana, but it's on the way.
I play "Anita" at the matinee,
Then I'll get on my knees and pray
I can state in my next bio:
I'm never gonna go back to Ohio!

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I could chew on tin foil for a spell!
Cm7 F7
I could get a root canal in Hell,
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But it wouldn't be as swell as this summer is gonna be!
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'Cause the torture is just exquisite while I'm waiting for you to visit,
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So hurry up, schmuck, get unstuck and get on the scene!
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Love, The Midget, the Stripper, Wayne the Snake and Mrs. Jamie Wellerstein--That's me!