All The Lilacs In Ohio

Well, you met her there on a New York City stair
 You were throwing up on your shoes
 Tryin' to write the great book well it really had you shook
 With a bad case of wintertime blues
 So you drag her down to the ragged side of town
 Shared a taxi to carry her home
 Then she left her handkerchief there beside you on the seat
 As if to emphasize that you were all alone
 Smelled like springtime when you were just a boy
 And all the lilacs in Ohio
 All the lilacs in Ohio, there ya go
 In the city streets in the dirty winter snow
 All the lilacs in Ohio-hio
 Well, she is the love story you speak of
 When you talk to Sam at the bar
 But it's in the details your story often fails
 Yeah, close, but no cigar
 You might see your own ass in a double whiskey glass
 But you cannot erase her smile
 And you'll never write it down, never find her in this town
 Of phantom dreams and fingernail files
 It was springtime and you were just a boy
 And all the lilacs in Ohio
 All the lilacs in Ohio, there ya go
 In city streets in the dirty winter snow
 All the lilacs in Ohio-hio
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 So you pin her handkerchief to clean white linen sheets
 And you unmake your bed and crawl in
 You imagine her there and you're tangled in her hair
 And she smells like flowers again
 And it's springtime and you are just a boy
 And all the lilacs in Ohio
 All the lilacs in Ohio, there ya go
 In the city streets and the dirty winter snow
 All the lilacs in Ohio-hio