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 Well, I sold my 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

 That she'd often begged me for

 They took us to the streets of Baltimore

 Her heart was filled with gladness

 Just to see those city lights

 She swore the prettiest place on earth

 Was Baltimore at night

 A man feels proud to give his woman

What she's longing for

 And I kinda liked the streets of Baltimore

 I got myself a factory job

 I ran an old machine

 I bought a little cottage

 In a neighborhood serene

 And every night when I'd come home

 With every muscle sore

 She'd drag me through the streets of Baltimore

 I did my best to bring her back

 To where she used to be

 But I soon learned she loved those bright lights

 More than she loved me

 So I'm a-going back on that same train

 That brought me here before

 While my baby walks the streets of Baltimore

 While my baby walks the streets of Baltimore