Baltimore

Once we won the Series, took it going away<br>Once we sat on top of the NFL and the NBA<br>But all that`s over now, time went and slammed the door<br>And even I packed up and left the city of Baltimore<br>You know, the older we get the more we stay the same<br>I just found out my radio can pick up the Oriole games<br>I tune in every half-an-hour to get the score<br>And remember the day`s when I was growing up in Baltimore<br><br>Back then I lived in a house, not a one-room flat<br>I didn`t have to work or buy food or do anything like that<br>And the first girl that I ever loved lived right next door<br>At night I`d take my dad`s car and drive around Baltimore<br>Something tells me this picture isn`t right<br>Like I`m forgetting how I smashed my dad`s car driving stoned one night<br>How my parents fought, how I never even dated the girl next door<br>How I was just a lonely mixed-up kid in Baltimore<br><br>Looking back now, you know I do believe<br>When I lived in Baltimore, I couldn`t wait to leave<br>Go somewhere else and get a brand-new start<br>Now I`m dressing up the past `cause the present is falling apart<br>The older we get the more we stay the same<br>Chasing after something that doesn`t even have a name<br>You know, we`ll always trade what we`ve got for what we had before<br>Everybody`s a fool for something, I`m a fool for Baltimore