Well, I sold the farm to take my woman   Where she wanted to be   We left our friends and all our kin   Back there in Tennessee      And I bought those one way tickets   She'd 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      Well, I got myself a factory job   I ran an old machine   And I bought a little cottage   In a neighborhood serene      Yes, and every night when I came home   With every muscle sore   She'd drag me through the streets of Baltimore      Well, I tried my best to bring her back   To what she used to be   But I soon learned she loved those bright lights   More than she loved me      So I'm 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