[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 [Instrumental]        [Verse 3] 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              [Chorus] Oh Baltimore      Man it’s hard just to live Oh Baltimore     Man it’s hard just to live just to live [Outro]                      +      +