Sonny James - Baltimore lyrics

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 a-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-head town. I'm gonna cut out and have a look around." That was my first mistake For a while I was livin' real high on the hog Havin' more fun than a pedigreed dog Not 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 nothin' I'm a-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 the back door A-beggin' for a dime, I know, I've tried it I looked for my fortune as hard as I could But you can't find a fortune choppin' 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 a-fish I adore, And I wanna go back to Baltimore Catch me a train Flag me down a semi Man, I don't care I gotta get back Goin' to Baltimore *** Thanks John for the lyrics