Streets Of Baltimore Lyrics - The Storyteller: The Anthology 1960-1983 - Bobby Bare

I sold the farm to take my woman where she longed to be 

We left our kin and all our friends back there in Tennessee 

I bought those one way tickets she had often begged me for 

And they took us to the streets of Baltimore 

Her heart was filled with laughter when she saw those city lights 

She said the prettiest place on earth is Baltimore at night 

Oh well a man feels proud to give his woman what she's longing for 

And I kind of liked the streets of Baltimore 

Well I got myself a factory job I ran an old machine 

I bought a little cottage in a neighborhood serene 

Yet every night when I came home with every muscle sore 

She would drag me through the streets of Baltimore 

Well I did my best to bring her back to what she used to be 

But I soon learned she loved those bright lights much more than she loved me 

Now I'm a going back on that same train that brought me here before 

While my baby walks the streets of Baltimore 

Yes my baby walks the streets of Baltimore