Baltimore Lyrics - Lovett Lyle

I know I've seen this place before 

Lord can't you hear me screaming 

As a young man long ago 

When I was twenty-one 

And I know I've seen this house before 

With people all around it 

With my baby cousin on the floor 

And Mama in the kitchen 

And a woman lies upon the bed 

I think she must be dying 

And I recall the words she said 

As she began to cry 

She begged son please don't go to Baltimore 

And leave me where I'm lying 

For you will son but I no more 

Walk among the living 

And if you go to Baltimore 

Then I'll see you in heaven 

And as you breathe I'll breathe no more 

And I will surely die 

Well you know I went to Baltimore 

So confident and wise 

And as I breathed she breathed no more 

And she did surely die 

And now as I lie upon my bed 

I pray I must be dreaming 

With faces all around my head 

And strangers at my door 

And a woman's voice calls out to me 

Bring unto you your children 

And let them see these things you see 

And hear the words you say 

Beg them to go to Baltimore 

And leave you where you're lying 

Just like you did one time before 

When you were twenty-one 

And if they go to Baltimore 

Then I'll see you in heaven 

And as they breathe you'll breathe no more 

And you will surely die 

And I know I've seen this place before 

Lord can't you hear me screaming 

And if I should awaken Lord 

Then answer me my plea 

What makes the sun set in the west 

And birds fly in the sky 

And what makes a woman beat her breast 

When her children start to cry 

And what makes those little ones grow old 

To find eternity 

And what takes the wise 

And leaves behind 

A foolish one like me