Baltimore

Beat-up little seagull
On a marble stair
Tryin' to find the ocean
Lookin' everywhere

Hard times in the city
In a hard town by the sea
Ain't nowhere to run to
'Cause there ain't nothin' here for free

Hooker on the corner
Waiting on the train
Drunk lying on the sidewalk
Sleeping in the rain

And the people hide their faces
As they hide their eyes, they hide their eyes
'Cause the city's dyin'
And they don't know why
Said they don't know why, hey

Oh, Baltimore, ain't it hard just to live? Ooh-ooh, yeah
Oh, Baltimore, ain't it hard just to live?
Just to live

Get my sister Sandy
and my little brother Ray
Buy a big old wagon
To haul us all away

I live out in the country
Where the mountain's high
Never gonna come back here
'Til the day I die, oh-ooh-ooh

But, oh, Baltimore, ain't it hard just to live? Ooh-ooh, oh
But, oh, Baltimore, ain't it hard just to live?
Just to live

Just to live
No, it's hard to live in the city, hey, oh
But we're gonna make it somehow, hey
Just believe
We're gonna make it somehow
Hard living in the city, city, ooh-ooh