STREETS OF BALTIMORE
(Harlan Howard / Tompall Glaser)


Tompall Glaser - 1985





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 the 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 was Baltimore at night
Well a man feels proud to give his woman what she's longin' for
And I kind of liked the streets of Baltimore

(Instrumental Break)

I got myself a factory job, I ran an old machine
I bought a little cottage in a neighbourhood serene
But every night when I came home with every muscle sore
She would drag me through the streets of Baltimore

Eventually our little home began to lose it's glow
The nightlife and the wine had changed the girl I used to know
And when I tried to talk to her, she'd leave and slam the door
As she headed for 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 headin' 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






(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - February 2013)