I sold the 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 she had often begged me for. And they took us to the streets of Baltimore. Her heart was filled with laughter when she saw those city lights. She said the prettiest place on earth is Baltimore at night. Well, a man feels proud to give his woman what she's longin' for. And I kinda like the streets of Baltimore. I got myself a factory job. I ran an old machine and I bought a little cottage in a neighborhood serene. Yet every night when I came home with every muscle sore, she would drag me through the streets of Baltimore. Well, I did 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. Now I'm goin' back on that same train that brought me here before while my baby walks the streets of Baltimore. Yes, my baby walks the streets of Baltimore. Yes, my baby walks the streets of Baltimore.