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
Waiting for a train
Drunk lying on the sidewalk
Sleeping in the rain

And the people hide their faces
And they hide their eyes
´Cause the city´s dyin´
And they don´t know why

Oh, Baltimore
Ain´t it hard just to live?
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

Live out in the country
Where the mountain´s high
Never gonna come back here
Till the day I die

Oh, Baltimore
Ain´t it hard just to live?
Oh, Baltimore
Ain´t it hard just to live?
Just to live