The Streets of Baltimore

[ti:The Streets of Baltimore] [ar:The Hit Crew] [al:Old School Country Classics: The 1960's, Vol. 4] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.74]The Streets of Baltimore - The Hit Crew [00:02.62] [00:09.55]I sold the farm to take me woman [00:13.17] [00:13.68]Where she longed to be [00:15.80] [00:17.56]We left our kin and all our friends [00:20.85] [00:21.41]Back there in Tennessee [00:22.54] [00:25.79]I bought the one way tickets [00:28.03] [00:29.37]She had often begged me for [00:32.39] [00:33.81]And they took us to the streets of Baltimore [00:37.62] [00:42.39]Bridge [00:43.08]Well my heart was filled with laughter [00:44.87] [00:46.28]When I saw those city lights [00:48.90] [00:50.51]She said the prettiest place on earth [00:53.67] [00:54.78]Was Baltimore at night [00:56.41] [01:00.74]Well a man feels proud to give his woman [01:04.24] [01:05.28]What she's longing for [01:07.03] [01:08.93]And I kind of liked the streets of Baltimore [01:13.49] [01:17.31]I got myself a factory job [01:20.44] [01:21.73]I ran an old machine [01:23.98] [01:25.68]We bought a little cottage [01:27.78] [01:29.62]In a neighborhood serene [01:31.88] [01:34.20]But every night when I came home [01:36.97] [01:38.35]With every muscle sore [01:40.64] [01:41.89]She would drag me through the streets of Baltimore [01:46.69] [01:52.83]Bridge [01:53.31]Well I did my best to bring her back [01:55.48] [01:56.08]To what she used to be [01:58.13] [01:58.89]But I soon learned she loved those bright lights [02:01.86] [02:03.03]Much more than she loves me [02:05.23] [02:08.74]Now I'm goin' back on that same train [02:12.32] [02:13.37]That brought me here before [02:15.37] [02:17.25]While my baby walks the streets of Baltimore [02:21.99] [02:25.14]Tag [02:25.69]Yes my baby walks the streets of Baltimore