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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