I sold the farm to take my woman where she longed to be We left our friends and all our kin back there in Tennessee I bought those one-way tickets that she was begging for And they took us to the streets of Baltimore Her eyes, they shone with laughter when she saw those city lights She said the prettiest place on earth is Baltimore at night A man feels proud to give his woman what she's longing for And I kind of like the streets of Baltimore ♪ I got myself a factory job, I ran an old machine I bought a little cottage in a neighborhood, serene When I come home from working late with every muscle sore She'd drag me through the streets of Baltimore I'll give anything to take her back to what she used to be But I guess she loved those city lights more than she loved me So I'm heading home on that same train that brought me here before While my baby walks the streets of Baltimore ♪ So I'm heading home on that same train that brought me here before While my baby walks the streets of Baltimore