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