The Streets of Baltimore (Tompall Glaser-Harlan Howard)
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I sold the farm to take my woman where she longed to be
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We left our kin and all our friends back there in Tennessee
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I bought those one-way tickets she had often begged me for
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And they took us to the streets of Baltimore
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Her heart was filled with laughter when she saw those city lights
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She said the prettiest place place on earth is Baltimore at night
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Well, a man feels proud to give his women what's she's longing for
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And I kind of like the streets of Baltimore.
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Then I got myself a factory job; I ran an old machine
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I bought a little cottage in a neighbourhood serene
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Yet every night when I came home with every muscle sore
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She would drag me through the streets of Baltimore.
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Well, I did my best to bring her back to what she used to be
But I soon learned she loved those bright lights
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Much more than she loved me
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Now I'm going back on that same train that brought me here before
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While my baby walks the streets of Baltimore
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Yes, my baby walks the streets of Baltimore