I sold the farm to take my
woman where she longed to be
We left our kin and all our friends
I bought those one way tickets
she had often begged me for
And they took us to the streets
Her heart was filled with laughter
when she saw those city lights
She said the prettiest place on
earth is Baltimore at night
Oh well a man feels proud to give his
woman what she's longing for
And I kind of liked the streets of Baltimore
Well I got myself a factory job
I bought a little cottage in a
Yet every night when I came
home with every muscle sore
She would drag me through
Well I did my best to bring her
back to what she used to be
But I soon learned she loved those bright
lights much more than she loved me
Now I'm a going back on that same train
that brought me here before