Ohio

It’s two steps up and two steps back to my window

Two steps up and two steps back to my window

But there ain’t no air coming in and out of my window

There was a fire and a young girl died in Ohio

Said I wasn’t there, but they don’t care in Ohio 

I been sitting here for twenty years in Ohio

There’s a light outside that shines all the time into the cells here

Sometimes at night they shine a light right in your face here

But your heart and soul remain in darkness, there’s no grace here 

There ain’t no grace, there ain’t no grace, there ain’t no grace 

there ain’t no grace 

Most of my days are a muddled maze of thoughts from long ago  

Life was sweet running through city streets so long ago  

Now I can’t feel my breath, between life and death, I don’t know when I’ll go 

When I die will my mama cry back at home?

Will my daddy pray, what will my brothers say, back at home?

I won’t know, cause I live and die alone

I won’t know, cause I live and die alone

All words and music by Marybeth D’Amico

© ℗  2008 Marybeth D’Amico/Waiting to Fly Music