Carry Me Ohio - Mark Kozelek

Sorry that I could never love you back

I could never care enough in these last days

Her tears fell on her pages found me well on her words

I don’t know what to do or say

Wading through warm canals and pools clear blue

Tuscarawas flow into the great lake

Riding back where the highway met dead-end tracks

The ground is now cement and glass and far away

Heal her soul and carry her, my angel

Ohio

Green, green youth

What about the sweetness we knew

What about what’s good, what’s true from those days

Can’t count to all the lovers I’ve burned through

So why do i still burn for you

I can’t say

Sorry that I could never love you back

I could never care enough in these last days

Heal her soul and carry her, my angel

Ohio

Children blessed

Gather round the home she rests

So poor and cold in their Midwest moon and sun

Flashes bringing on my open eyes to lightning storm

The touch of mist felt soft, felt warm on my face

Graving dreams

A million miles ago you seem

The star that I just don’t see anymore

Words long gone

Lost on journeys we walked on

Lost are voices heard along the way

Sorry for never going by your door

Never feeling love like that anymore

Heal her soul and carry her, my angel

Ohio