Tomorrow Night in Baltimore

Her head rolls back and forth

Against the billows of her long black shiny hair

As she contemplates the ecstasy

Of another love she wishes was there.

If she could only realize

That the love I have could beckon her command

Instead of laughing endlessly

And pushin' back advances with her hands.

Every night I see her leave

A nightmare of illusions when she's gone

And it leaves a granite statue

In a man with a pain that lingers on.

The gaudy goodbye can't replace

The girlish giggle of her sweet hello

But tonight I've made my crumbled mind up

That I'll never, ever let her go.

Many nights I've watched her tease

By shifting all her weight from hip to hip

And with her hands brush back the falling strands

That cover up her satin lips.

She struts upon the stage and her fallen victims

Are calling out for more

But she leaves 'em stranded helplessly

And exits to her dressing room door.

Tonight I'm gonna take her

I've infiltrated past the guarded door

But she just hurries by me

Carrying all those scanty costumes that she wore.

And asks a sawed off cigar smoking cat

If he would open up the door

Then she told them to load the baggage

'Cause they open tomorrow night in Baltimore.

God if I have to crawl

I'm gonna be there tomorrow night in Baltimore...