All Over Ohio-Over The Rhine

[ti:All Over Ohio] [ar:Over The Rhine] [al:Meet Me At the Edge of the World] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]All Over Ohio - Over The Rhine [00:11.47]Well the rain it has been falling [00:13.84]Like it wants to drown us all [00:16.39]And the trees are gently swaying [00:19.17]Like they're thinkin' 'bout the fall [00:22.00]I still get shivers when I hear [00:25.02]You singin' down the hall [00:27.16] [00:29.47]I'm gonna kiss you all over Ohio [00:36.09] [00:37.62]And the starlings they were flying [00:41.01]Earlier today [00:43.54]Doing their maneuvers [00:46.25]Clouds of feathers on display [00:49.46]Makes me wanna kneel in prayer but [00:52.39]I've forgotten what to say [00:54.91] [00:56.74]I'll just name all the birds in Ohio [01:01.65] [01:05.55]Now the reason I am writing [01:08.00]Is to tell you 'bout the flood [01:11.26]Ahh the river is so beautiful [01:13.77]But it leaves a load of mud [01:16.82]All I have now are these dirty songs [01:19.59]I guess they're in my blood [01:24.14]They make me wander so far from Ohio [01:30.27](Yeah) It's a silly undertaking [01:32.88]To fly halfway 'round the earth [01:35.86]With an imaginary womb of songs [01:39.85]Intent on giving birth [01:41.98]I gave all that I had to give [01:44.82]I'm not sure what it's worth [01:49.21]Scatter the ashes right here in Ohio [01:58.62]All I wanna be is a thousand black birds [02:03.45]Bursting from a tree into the blue [02:10.35]Love – let it be not just a feeling [02:15.21]But the broken beauty [02:18.09]Of what we choose to do [02:19.83] [02:28.62]And the halleujah chorus [02:30.98]Used to make my Daddy cry [02:33.77]I still wonder 'bout the ruckus [02:36.29]Angels make up there on high [02:39.70]In the meanwhile there are measures [02:42.28]We can take to get us by [02:47.09]Lay me down next to you in Ohio [02:52.86]But my expectations stand still [02:55.83]Like beggars at the door [02:58.54]I'm flat broke from the dues [03:01.22]I've paid them all before [03:04.53]Gonna let the Cuyahoga [03:07.49]Wash me up on burning shores [03:12.10]Shipwrecked with you in Ohio [03:20.67] [03:21.59]All I wanna be is a thousand black birds [03:26.82]Bursting from a tree into the blue [03:33.62]Love – let it be not just a feeling [03:38.66]But the broken beauty [03:41.32]Of what we choose to do [03:43.77] [03:51.82]I have seen the slow corruption [03:54.18]Of the best ideas of Christ [03:57.35]In the pulpits of our nation [04:00.18]Gospel turned into white lies [04:03.19]If you preach a subtle hatred - [04:05.84]The bible as your alibi [04:10.95]Goddam you right here in Ohio [04:16.87]But my shameless hallucination: [04:19.80]He's still knockin' at my door [04:22.98]And I know how this one's gonna end [04:26.20]He's gotten in before [04:28.86]I've run as fast as I can run [04:32.34]I've had to ask What for [04:36.81]He haunts me all over Ohio [04:46.42]All I wanna be is a thousand black birds [04:51.75]Bursting from a tree into the blue [04:58.71]Love – let it be not just a feeling [05:03.70]But the broken beauty [05:06.40]Of what we choose to do [05:08.98] [05:17.86]Well the rain it has been falling [05:20.42]Like it wants to drown us all [05:23.11]And the trees are gently swaying [05:25.95]Like they're thinkin' 'bout the fall [05:28.64]I still get shivers when I hear [05:32.03]You singin' down the hall [05:35.19]I'm gonna kiss you all over Ohio