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Baltimore Lyrics

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

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

Oh, Baltimore
Man, it's hard just to live
Oh, Baltimore
Man, it's hard just to live, just to live

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

Livin' in the country
Where the mountain's high
Never comin' back here
'Til the day I die

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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Cover art for Baltimore lyrics by Randy Newman

what a gorgeous song.

Cover art for Baltimore lyrics by Randy Newman

fantastic strong. strongly urge anyone curious to get ahold of it.

Cover art for Baltimore lyrics by Randy Newman

sorry, fantastic SONG. my tired brain..

Cover art for Baltimore lyrics by Randy Newman

sorry, fantastic SONG. my tired brain..

Cover art for Baltimore lyrics by Randy Newman

.. ugh. omg.

Cover art for Baltimore lyrics by Randy Newman

''Hard town by the sea". Probably depicts Batimore when this was written.