Look At Miss Ohio Lyrics

Lyric discussion by SimonSea 

Cover art for Look At Miss Ohio lyrics by Gillian Welch

Interestingly, the line "I want to do right but not right now" echoes a famous prayer of St Augustine, made while he was a teenager (and a manichean) which could be rendered as follows: "Lord, make me good, but not just yet". Here the line is detached from a religious context but the sentiment appears to be similar! A nice allusion to the dualities of human nature. Maybe Miss Ohio went on to be good after all ... or maybe not ...