Baltimore

Randy newman

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

Judy collins

Original lyrics by judy collins

My father always promised me
That we would live in france
We'd go boating on the seine
And i would learn to dance

We lived in ohio then
He worked in the mines
On his dreams like boats
We knew we would sail in time

All my sisters soon were gone
To denver and cheyenne
Marrying their grownup dreams
The lilacs and the man

I stayed behind the youngest still
Only danced alone
The colors of my father's dreams
Faded without a sound

And i live in paris now
My children dance and dream
Hearing the ways of a miner's life
In words they've never seen

I sail my memories of home
Like boats across the seine
And watch the paris sun
As it sets in my father's eyes again

My father always promised us
That we would live in france
We'd go boating on the seine
And i would learn to dance

I sail my memories of home
Like boats across the seine
And watch the paris sun
As it sets in my father's eyes again

Traditional

There is a balm in gilead
To make the wounded whole
There is a balm in gilead
To heal the sin-sick soul

Repeat previous

If you can pray like peter
If you can preach like paul
Go home and tell your loved ones
He died to save us all

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