Nina Simone - 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 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
'Til 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