Elements of R Newman's song combined with a strict 39 Dangerous Street rewrite combine to produce a thing of beauty.

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Played it solo acoustic at our last gig in Comrie a fortnight ago. Went down well. Put this version down live at rehearsal last week.

Scabby lookin seagull on a marble stair
Tryin tae find the ocean its been lookin everywhere
hard times in the city in a hard toun by the sea
There's naewhere tae run tae an there's nothin' here for free
Auld whore on the corner she's waitin fur a train
Alkie oan the pavement sleepin in the rain
An they try an hide their faces an they try an hide their eyes
Cos this city's dyin' and they don't know why.

Oh Baltimore aint it hard just to live
Just tae live

Take my sister Sandy and my wee brother Ray
Gonnae nick a motor tae drive us all away
Live oot in the country where the mountains are high
Never goin back there till the day I die