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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
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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
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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