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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
The Drifters
Performer
Andrew Thrasher
Performer
Bill Pinkney
Performer
Gerhart Thrasher
Performer
Jimmy Oliver
Performer
Bobby Hendricks
Lead Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Lewis Lebish
Songwriter
Lover Patterson
Songwriter
Walter Coleman
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Stan Applebaum
Producer
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
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
Oh, Baltimore
Man, it's hard just to live
Oh, Baltimore
Man, it's hard just to live, just to live
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
Oh, Baltimore
Man, it's hard just to live
Oh, Baltimore
Man, it's hard just to live, just to live
Writer(s): Lover Patterson, Lewis Lebish, Walter Coleman
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