Baltimore

[Verse]
I went to town and I hung around
Long enough for it to lay me down
I did not think I’d ever survive
You can only make ten dollars an hour
You can only tend to the roots of power
For just so long before you’ve got to take a ride

[Verse]
And Riley Riley why’d you wait so long
Your mama’s crying in your daddy’s arms
Balitimore ain’t no place to be born
There’s a lot to lose but a world to gain
And I declare that I proclaim
There’s just five more steps to the door

[Chorus]
And I’m going away for to leave you
Don’t cry baby don’t make me blue
Can’t you see that look in my eyes?
And there’s a time to rest and a time to row
Don’t ask me how ‘cause I just know
This road (this road), is right, to-night

[Instrumental - verse sequence, no lyrics]

[Verse]
Well there are those who yield and those who rise
But you’re never old in your mama’s eyes
I never thought I’d feel so all a-lone
Well I’ve seen broken hearts and passing hours
Black run guns and water towers
I’ll miss you honey but we’ll talk on the tele-phone

[Chorus]
And I’m going away for to leave you
Don’t cry baby don’t make me blue
Can’t you see that look in my eyes?
Well there’s a time to rest and a time to row
Don’t ask me how ‘cause I just know
This road (this road), is right, to-night

[Bridge]
And I don’t believe you love me more
‘cause I don’t believe you love me more
What I done was wrong
Well I know what I done was wrong

[Verse]
It’s too damned far to Oregon
My courage is spent, my emotion is gone
California never kept me warm
The Atlantic Ocean she’s a mighty fine pond
And the Piedmont steps and just beyond
The Blue Ridge Mountains calling me back home

[Chorus]
And I’m going away for to leave you
Don’t cry baby don’t make me blue
Can’t you see that look in my eyes?
And there’s a time to rest and a time to row
Don’t ask me how ‘cause I just know
This road (this road), is right, to-night

There’s a time to rest and a time to row
Don’t ask me how ‘cause I just know
This road (this road), is right, to-night
This road (this road), is right, to-night
This road (this road), is right, to-night
This road (this road), is right, to-night