Them Dance Hall Girls

These dance hall girls
will treat you kind.
They'll give you their bodies,
but you'll never reach their minds.
They'll fill you up
with lipstick lies.
When they put you down, son,
don't be surprised.
Is this the way
it always is here in Baltimore?
I've held her mountains,
I've kissed her plains.
I've touched her sunshine,
and I drank her rain.
I've been so far,
then I broke too fast.
Thought I had a winner picked
but I came in last, again.
Is this the way
it always is here in Baltimore?
I must have chosen
the wrong season to come down.
I never realized
they call this sacred ground.
My sense of time,
hell, I'm a week behind.
I sent a letter home,
but this all takes time, you know.
I wanna get some money,
I wanna go back home.
These dance hall girls
know how to make a man feel alone.
(all alone, alone)
Is this the way
it always is here in Baltimore?
[instrumental break]
My sense of time,
hell, I'm a week behind.
Give you their bodies,
but you'll never reach their minds.
They'll fill you up
with lipstick lies.
Those dance hall girls
say they can't stand
to see a grown man cry.
Is this the way
it always is here in Baltimore?
(Tell me.) (I wanna know.)
Is this the way
it always is here in Baltimore (Montreal)?