Nanci Griffith - The Streets Of Baltimore lyrics

(Harlan Howard - Tompall Glaser)

I sold the farm to take me woman

Where she longed to be

We left our kin and all our friends

Back there in Tennessee

I bought the one way tickets

She had often begged me for

And they took us to the streets of Baltimore

Bridge

1) (1st Section)

Well my heart was filled with laughter

When I saw those city lights

She said the prettiest place on earth

Was Baltimore at night

2) (2nd Section)

Well, a man feels proud to give his woman

What she's longing for

And I kind of liked the streets of Baltimore

I got myself a factory job

I ran an old machine

We bought a little cottage

In a neighborhood serene

But every night when I came home

With every muscle sore

She would drag me through the streets of Baltimore

Bridge

1) (1st Section)

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 loves me

2) (2nd Section)

Now I'm goin' back on that same train

That brought me here before

While my baby walks the streets of Baltimore

Tag

Yes, my baby walks the streets of Baltimore