[Verse 1]
On the open ocean
Sailing down to Cuba
Guns are in the galley
Someone's gotta shoot 'em

[Chorus]
Away-away, oh
Destiny awaits
Sailing to redemption
But they'll miss you
Back home in Ohio
Back in Ohio

[Verse 2]
You threw knives in the circus
Now you're fighting in the jungle
You've got babies in Miami
A rebel for a lover

[Chorus]
Away-away, oh
Destiny awaits
Sailing to redemption
But they'll miss you
Back home in Ohio
Back in Ohio
[Bridge]
Looking down the barrel's
Of twenty loaded guns
All the letters written
All the fighting's been done
A man without a country
Ain't getting out alive
They never collected the bounty
You're still left to pay the price

[Chorus]
Away-away, oh
Destiny awaits
Sailing to redemption
But they'll miss you
Back home in—
Away-away, oh
Your destiny awaits
You're sailing to redemption
But they'll miss you
Back home in Ohio
Back in Ohio
Back in Ohio
Back in Ohio