(Tompall Glaser and Harland Howard)
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Well I sold the farm to take my woman
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Where she wanted to be
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We left our friends and all our kin
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Back there in Tennessee
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And I bought those one way tickets
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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
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When she saw those city lights
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She said the prettiest place on earth was
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Baltimore at night
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Well a man feels proud to give his woman
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What she's longing for
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And I kinda liked the streets of Baltimore
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Well I got myself a factory job
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I ran an old machine
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And I bought a little cottage
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In a neighborhood serene
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And every night when I came home
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With every muscle sore
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She'd drag me through the streets of Baltimore
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Well I tried my best to bring her back
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To what she used to be
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But I soon learned she loved those bright lights
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More than she loved me
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So I'm going back on that same train
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That brought me here before
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While my baby walks the streets of Baltimore
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Streets of Baltimore
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| The Little Willies |