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We both know you're leaving
You just don't want to say it yet
'Cause you don't want to hurt my feelings
So you gnaw your little holes in the net
And you torture me with those big eyes
And you punish me with pity
But I'm going to Cleveland
You say you wanted to strike first
Because one of us was leaving
That's what you say
But I've always been real fond of you
So I never would've treated you this way
And you torture me with those big eyes
And you punish me with pity
But I'm going to Cleveland
I hear the Cuyahoga calling, now I know
what was i was born for
And you say 'Hey John, where are you going?'
But that's not my name anymore
And you torture me with those big eyes
And you punish me with pity
But I'm going to Cleveland
You just don't want to say it yet
'Cause you don't want to hurt my feelings
So you gnaw your little holes in the net
And you punish me with pity
But I'm going to Cleveland
Because one of us was leaving
That's what you say
But I've always been real fond of you
So I never would've treated you this way
And you punish me with pity
But I'm going to Cleveland
what was i was born for
And you say 'Hey John, where are you going?'
But that's not my name anymore
And you punish me with pity
But I'm going to Cleveland
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Submitted by
sendthestars On Apr 12, 2004
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"now i know what i was born for.."
good song.
A couple has broken up and the girl is trying to say it was a mutual break up, or that they both wanted to, but he knows different. She is just using it as an excuse. In the end he can't stand the way she looks at him now with pity, and to put it simply, he is going to Cleveland to escape this all. My very literal interpretation.
I hear the Cuyahoga calling, now I know what i was born for And you say 'Hey John, where are you going?' But that's not my name anymor
Makes me think he has heard the wilderness calling and is heading towards it. John not being his name anymore meaning there is no name for him. he is he. he is into the wild
Cuyahoga: "Outside of Ohio, the river is most famous for being "the river that caught fire", helping to spur the environmental movement in the late 1960s."