No milk and honey in Baltimore
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1. We left the farm, ‘twas early one morn',
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determined
we'd be back no more.
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My wife had an uncle that
worked ever day
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in a
nut and bolt factory up in Baltimore.
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2. The day we arrived to start our new life
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our
big dreams had started to sour.
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I got me a
job a-carrying odds,
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breathing
the smog of old Baltimore.
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That dirt, it was black and
the work hurt my back,
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and I
swore I could do it no more.
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Yes, I thought I'd die from
the sun in the sky,
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things
would get better here in Baltimore.
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3. The next thing I knew my wife took the flu,
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and
the doctor bills soon made us poor.
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And to make ends meet I
started to sweep
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those
dirty old streets up in Baltimore.
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4. The smell of the bay, the buildings of gray
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was
more than I bargained for.
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If I had my way I'd go home
today,
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for
there's no milk and honey here in Baltimore.
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For there's no milk and honey
here in Baltimore !
(orig. = capo 1st) (Buck Owens)