Lyrics:

Streets of Baltimore
recorded by Bobby Bare
written by Harlan Howard and Tompall Glaser

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Well I sold the farm to take my woman where she longed to be
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We left our kin and all our friends back there in Tennessee
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And I bought those one way tickets she had often begged me for
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And they took us to the streets of Baltimore

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Well her heart was filled with gladness when she saw those city lights
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She said the prettiest place on earth was Baltimore at night
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Well a man feels proud to give his woman what she's longing for
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And I kind of like the Streets of Baltimore

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Then I got myself a factory job I ran an old machine
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And I bought a little cottage in a neighborhood serene
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And every night when I'd come home with every muscle sore
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She'd drag me through the Streets of Baltimore

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Well I did my best to bring her back to what she used to be
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Then I soon learned she loved those bright lights more than she loved me
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Now I'm a-going back on that same train that brought me here before
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While my baby walks the streets of Baltimore
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While my baby walks the streets of Baltimore