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