The Streets Of Baltimore Lyrics - Other Voices, Too (a Trip Back To Bountiful) - Nanci Griffith

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 the one way tickets 

She had often begged me for 

And they took us to 

The streets of Baltimore 

Well, my heart was filled with laughter 

When I saw those city lights 

She said, "The prettiest place on earth 

Was Baltimore at night" 

Well, a man feels proud to give his woman 

What she's longing for 

And I kind of like 

The streets of Baltimore 

I got myself a factory job 

I ran an old machine 

We bought a little cottage 

In a neighborhood serene 

But 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 loves me 

Now I'm goin' 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