Baltimore
Composer(s): Boudleaux Bryant - Felice Bryant
Performer(s): Sonny James



My shirt is ragged and my pants are tore
I ain’t found nothin’ I’m a-looking for
And I wanna go back to Baltimore

I miss my dinghy on the Chesapeake shore
The shrimp and the shad fish I adore
And I wanna go back to Baltimore

Well, I left home about ten months ago
‘Cause I was tired of my status quo

I said I’m sick of this dead-haired town
I’m gonna cut out and have a look around
That was my first mistake              

For a while I was living real hole in the hog
Having more fun than a pedigree dog
For long though, my loot ran low
And I said, “oh well, I’ll be a hobo”
That was my second mistake

My shirt is ragged and my pants are tore
I ain’t found nothing I’m looking for
And I want to go back to Baltimore
 
Well I starved in Chicago and Kalamazoo
Went down to Atlanta an’ I starved there too
I met a lot of girls but you can’t make time
When you’re knockin’on a back door
And begging for a dime
I know – I tried it

I looked for my fortune as hard as I could
But you can’t find a fortune chopping up wood
So I’ll admit, though I’ll lose a lot of face
That my own back yard was a heck of a place
Baltimore – good old Baltimore

My shirt is ragged and my pants are tore
I ain’t found nothin’ I’m a-looking for
And I wanna go back to Baltimore

I miss my dinghy on the Chesapeake shore
The shrimp and the shad fish I adore
And I wanna go back to Baltimore

Fetch me a train
Flag me down a Simmer
Man, I don’t care
I gotta get back