Baltimore Lyrics

[Verse 1]
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
There ain't nothin' here for free

[Verse 2]
Hooker on the corner
Waitin' for a train
Drunk lyin' on the sidewalk
Sleepin' in the rain
And they hide their faces
And they hide their eyes
'Cause the city's dyin'
And they don't know why

[Chorus]
Oh, Baltimore
Man, it's hard just to live
Oh, Baltimore
Man, it's hard just to live, just to live

[Verse 3]
Get my sister Sandy
My little brother Ray
Buy a big old wagon
Gonna haul us all away
Live out in the country
Where the mountain's high
Never comin' back here
'Til the day I die

[Chorus]
Oh, Baltimore
Man, it's hard just to live
Oh, Baltimore
Man, it's hard just to live, just to live

[Instrumental Break]

[Chorus]
Oh, Baltimore
Man, it's hard just to live
Oh, Baltimore
Man, it's hard just to live, just to live

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Genius Annotation

“Baltimore” is a song written and performed by singer-songwriter Randy Newman. According to David Ewen in the 1987 book American Songwriters, “With its deprecating remarks about the city” this song “generated controversy.”

Newman grew up in Los Angeles and Louisiana so it is quite likely that his “Baltimore” is not to be taken too literally.