Ohio (Come Back to Texas)

"Ohio (Come Back to Texas)"
Single by Bowling for Soup from the album A Hangover You Don't Deserve
Released	November 17, 2005
Format	Digital download, CD single, Airplay
Genre	Pop punk
Length	3:50
Label	FFroe/Jive/Zomba
Writer	Jaret Reddick, Zac Maloy, Ted Bruner
Producer	Butch Walker, Russ-T Cobb, Jaret Reddick
Bowling for Soup singles chronology
"Almost" (2005) "Ohio (Come Back to Texas)" (2005) "I Melt with You" (2006)

"Ohio (Come Back to Texas)" is a single by Texas band Bowling for Soup from their album A Hangover You Don't Deserve. The singer's girlfriend leaves him after meeting another man named Leland at the bank. She leaves him to go to Ohio, and the singer persuades her to come back home to him and the things she left behind in Texas. Although the song is called Ohio, most of the lyrics reference things associated with Texas.

References to Ohio and Texas

Ohio

• Cleveland
• Ohio's weather (There's nothing wrong with Ohio, except the snow and the rain.)
• Drew Carey
• Rock 'n Roll Hall of Fame

Texas

• Denton County
• "The Lone Star State"
• The rodeo
• Mexican food
• Mrs. Baird's Bread
• Troy Aikman
• Willie Nelson
• NASA
• George Bush's twin daughters.
• Pantera
• Blue Bell Creameries

Ohio (Reprise)

• There is a hidden bonus track on the CD called "Ohio (Reprise)". The song contains numerous other references to people and things associated with Texas that "want her back". These include:
• Bill Parcells
• Forest Whitaker
• Mike Judge
• Debbie Allen
• Larry Hagman
• Audie Murphy
• The Alamo
• Beyoncé
• Enron
• The Dallas Cowboys
• Bob Wills
• Barry White
• Kelly Clarkson
• The Rangers
• A-Rod
• Don Henley
• The Polyphonic Spree
• Lyndon Johnson
• Shannon Elizabeth
• DRI
• Sparta
• Mars Volta
• At the Drive-In
• Dangerous Toys
• ZZ Top
• The Dallas Morning News
• The Fort Worth Star Telegram
• The Branch Davidians
• Mommie Dearest
• The Aggies
• Gary Busey
• Walter Cronkite
• Judge Roy Bean
• Tim Duncan
• Patrick Swayze
• Wichita Falls
• Morgan Fairchild
• Dan Rather