Streets Of Baltimore, The-Shindig Society

[ti:Streets Of Baltimore, The] [ar:Shindig Society] [al:Geographic Melodies] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Streets Of Baltimore, The - Shindig Society [00:09.41]I sold the farm [00:11.65]Take my woman [00:13.53]Where she longed to be [00:16.08] [00:17.64]We left our kin [00:19.06] [00:19.65]And all our friends back there [00:23.15]In Tennessee [00:24.15] [00:25.86]I bought those oneway tickets [00:29.43]She had often begged me for [00:33.86]And they took us [00:35.32]To the streets of Baltimore [00:38.94] [00:42.38]Her heart was filled [00:44.13]With laughter [00:45.32] [00:46.20]When she saw those city lights [00:49.27] [00:50.50]She said the prettiest place [00:53.40]On earth is Baltimore at night [00:57.81] [01:00.82]Oh well a man feels proud [01:03.00]To give his woman [01:04.56] [01:05.30]What she's longing for [01:07.62] [01:08.97]And I kind of [01:10.43]Liked the streets of Baltimore [01:14.01] [01:17.36]Well I got myself [01:19.64]A factory job I ran [01:22.33]An old machine [01:24.48] [01:25.69]I bought a little cottage [01:29.63]In a neighborhood serene [01:32.85] [01:34.20]Yet every night [01:35.82]When I came home [01:37.53] [01:38.19]With every muscle sore [01:40.73] [01:42.02]She would drag me [01:43.47]Through the streets of Baltimore [01:47.19] [01:52.90]Well I did my best [01:54.48]To bring her back to [01:56.14]What she used to be [01:57.57] [01:59.10]But I soon learned [02:00.68]She loved those bright lights much [02:03.23]More than she loved me [02:05.47] [02:08.81]Now I'm a going back [02:11.10]On that same train [02:13.40]That brought me here before [02:16.05] [02:17.25]While my baby walks the streets [02:20.22]Of Baltimore [02:21.76] [02:25.02]Yes my baby walks the streets [02:28.54]Of Baltimore