...BALTIMORE... by Randy Newman
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*from 'Little Criminals' (1977)*
Intro:
(x2)
Verse 1:
Beat-up little seagull,
On a marble stair.
Tryin' to find the ocean;
Lookin' every-where.
Verse 2:
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 3:
Hooker on the corner,
Waitin' for a train.
Drunk lyin' on the sidewalk,
Sleepin' in the rain.
Verse 3:
And they hide their faces,
And they hide their eyes.
'Cos the city's dyin',
And they don't know why.
Chorus 1:
Oh...
Balti-more,
Man it's hard;
Just to live.
Oh...
Balti-more,
Man it's hard;
Just to live,
Just to live.
Interlude:
(x2)
Verse 4:
Get my sister Sandy,
And my little brother Ray.
Buy a big old wagon,
To haul us all a-way.
Verse 5:
Live out in the country,
Where the mountain's high.
Never comin' back there,
'Till the day I die.
Chorus 2:
Oh...
Balti-more,
Man it's hard;
Just to live.
Oh...
Balti-more,
Man it's hard;
Just to live,
Just to live.
Interlude:
(x4)
Chorus 3:
Oh...
Balti-more,
Man it's hard;
Just to live.
Oh...
Balti-more,
Man it's hard;
Just to live,
Just to live.
Outro:
(Repeat to Fade)
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Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2004
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)