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