A O Way to go Laredo!

That's the way it was before Walkmans, Ipods, MP3s and the kind. You would put on a record and listen. It's interesting that this particular song by the Pretenders is a sort of anti-progress song, yet the capitalist king himself, Rush Limbaugh has used it as his theme song for over 20 years, go figure.

The song is "Ohio" but the lyrics could very well apply to just about any other place in the US, even Laredo. This is epecially true about "a government that had no pride".

I WENT BACK TO OHIO Laredo
BUT MY CITY WAS GONE
THERE WAS NO TRAIN STATION
THERE WAS NO DOWNTOWN
SOUTH HOWARD  La Sanbe HAD DISAPPEARED
ALL MY FAVORITE PLACES
MY CITY HAD BEEN PULLED DOWN
REDUCED TO PARKING SPACES
A, O, WAY TO GO OHIO Laredo

WELL I WENT BACK TO OHIO Laredo
BUT MY FAMILY WAS GONE
I STOOD ON THE BACK  Front PORCH
THERE WAS NOBODY HOME
I WAS STUNNED AND AMAZED
MY CHILDHOOD MEMORIES
SLOWLY SWIRLED PAST
LIKE THE WIND THROUGH THE TREES
A, O, OH WAY TO GO OHIO Laredo

I WENT BACK TO Laredo
BUT MY PRETTY COUNTRY  Monte-SIDE
HAD BEEN PAVED DOWN THE MIDDLE
BY A GOVERNMENT THAT HAD NO PRIDE
THE FIELDS OF LAREDO
HAD BEEN REPLACED BY SHOPPING MALLS
AND MUZAK FILLED THE AIR
FROM SENECA TO CUYAHOGA FALLS  Del Mar to the Riverdrive Mall
SAID, A, O, OH WAY TO GO OHIO  LAREDO