Randy Newman: "Baltimore"

beat up little seagull
on a marble stair
trying to find the ocean
looking everywhere
hard times in the city
in a hard town by the sea
ain't nowhere to run to
there ain't nothing here for free
hooker on the corner
waiting for a train
drunk lying on the sidewalk
sleeping in the rain
and they hide their faces
and they hide their eyes
'cause the city's dying
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
--randy newman