Well I sold the farm to take my woman

Where she used to be

We left our kin and all our friends

Back there in Tennessee

And I bought those one way tickets

She had often begged me for

And they took us to the streets of Baltimore

Well her heart was filled with gladness

When she 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 kinda liked the streets of Baltimore

Then I got myself a factory job

I ran an old machine

And 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

Well I did my best to bring her back

To what she used to be

Then I soon learned she loved those bright lights

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

While my baby walks the streets of Baltimore