The Last 5 Years movie - A Summer in Ohio lyrics
rate me<br>
CATHERINE<br>
I could have a mansion on the hill<br>
I could lease a villa in Seville<br>
But it wouldn't be as nice as a summer in Ohio<br>
With a gay midget named Karl, playing Tevia and Porgy<br>
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I could wander Paris after dark<br>
Take a carriage ride through Central Park<br>
But it wouldn't be as nice as a summer in Ohio<br>
Where I'm sharing a room with a "former" stripper and her snake: Wayne<br>
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I could have a satchel full of dollar bills<br>
Cures for all the nations ills<br>
Pills to make a lion purr<br>
I could be in line to be the British queen<br>
Look like I was seventeen<br>
Still I'm certain I'd prefer to be going slowly batty<br>
Forty miles east of Cincinnati<br>
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I could shove an ice pick in my eye<br>
I could eat some fish from last July<br>
But it wouldn't be as awful as a summer in Ohio<br>
Without cable, hot water, Vietnamese food, or you<br>
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I saw your book at a Border's in Kentucky<br>
Under a sign that said "New and Recommended"<br>
I stole a look at your picture on the inside sleeve and then I couldn't leave<br>
Richard, who was with me, got uncharacteristically quiet<br>
And he said, "All things considered, I guess you don't have to buy it"<br>
So I smile like Mona Lisa, and I lay my Visa down<br>
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He wants me, he wants me, but he ain't gonna get me<br>
I've found my guiding light, I tell the stars each night<br>
Look at me, look at him<br>
Son of a bitch, I guess I'm doing something right<br>
I finally got something right<br>
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No, it's not Nirvana, but it's on the way<br>
I play "Anita" at the matinee<br>
Then I'll get on my knees, and pray I can state in my next bio:<br>
"I'm never gonna go back to Ohio!"<br>
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I could chew on tin foil for a spell<br>
I could get a root canal in hell<br>
But it wouldn't be as swell as this summer is gonna be!<br>
'Cause the torture is just exquisite, while I'm waiting for you to visit<br>
So hurry up, schmuck, get unstuck and get on the scene<br>
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Love,<br>
The midget, the stripper, Wayne the snake, and Mrs. Jamie Wellerstein<br>
That's me!<br>
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