My shirt is a ragged and my pants are torn
I aint found nothin I'm a-lookin' for
And I wanna go back, to Baltimore
I miss my dinghey on the chesapeak shore
The shrimp and the Shad-a-fish I adore
And I wanna go back, to baltimore
Verse
Well I left home about ten months ago
Cause I was tired of my status quo
I said "I'm sick of this dead head town
I'm gonna cut out and have a look around"
That was my first mistake
At first I was livin real high on the hog
Havin more fun than a pedigree dog
'Fore long though my loot ran low
And I said "oh well I'll be a hobo"
That was my second mistake
My shirt is a ragged and my pants are torn
I aint found nothin I'm a-lookin' for
And I wanna go back, to Baltimore
I miss my dinghey on the chesapeak shore
The shrimp and the Shad-a-fish I adore
And I wanna go back, to baltimore
Verse
Well I starved in Chicago and Kalamazoo
Went down to Atlanta and I starved there too
I met a lot a' girls but ya can't make time
When you're knockin' on the back door beggin for a dime
I know, I've tried
I searched for my fortune as hard as I could
But ya can't make a fortune choppin' up wood
So I'll admit, though I lose a lot a' face
That my own back yard was a heck of a place
Baltimore, Good ol' Baltimore
My shirt is a ragged and my pants are torn
I aint found nothin I'm a-lookin' for
And I wanna go back, to Baltimore
I miss my dinghey on the chesapeak shore
The shrimp and the Shad-a-fish I adore
And I wanna go back, to baltimore
Outro