Randall Stuart "Randy" Newman (born November 28, 1943) is a singer/songwriter, arranger, composer, and pianist who is notable for his mordant (and often satirical) pop songs and for his many film scores.
Newman is noted for his practice of writing lyrics from the perspective of a character far removed from Newman's own biography. For example, the 1972 song "Sail Away" is written as a slave trader's sales pitch to attract slaves, while the narrator of "Political Science" is a U.
Four years of hard work!This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
...BALTIMORE... by Randy Newman ---------------................
*from 'Little Criminals' (1977)*
Intro:
EmGA7C (x2)
Verse 1:
EmGA7C Beat-up little seagull, EmGA7C On a marble stair. EmGA7C Tryin' to find the ocean; EmGA7C Lookin' every-where.
EmGA7 Hard times in the city, CEmGA7C In a hard town by the sea. EmGA7 Ain't nowhere to run to, CEmGA7C There ain't nothin' here for free.
Verse 2:
EmGA7C Hooker on the corner, EmGA7C Waitin' for a train. EmGA7C Drunk lyin' on the side-walk, EmGA7C Sleepin' in the rain.
EmGA7C And they hide their faces, EmGA7C And they hide their eyes. EmGA7C 'Cos the city's dyin', EmGA7C And they don't know why.
Chorus 1:
EmCDsusBm7D4/CCDsusBm7 Oh... Balti-more, man it's hard; just to live. EmCDsusBm7D4/CCDsusBm7Em Oh... Balti-more, man it's hard; just to live, just to live.
Interlude:
EmGA7C (x2)
Verse 3:
EmGA7C Get my sister Sandy, EmGA7C And my little brother Ray. EmGA7 Buy a big old wagon, CEmGA7C To haul us all a-way.
EmGA7C Live out in the country, EmGA7C Where the mountain's high. EmGA7C Never comin' back there, EmGA7C 'Till the day I die.
Chorus 2:
EmCDsusBm7D4/CCDsusBm7 Oh... Balti-more, man it's hard; just to live. EmCDsusBm7D4/CCDsusBm7Em Oh... Balti-more, man it's hard; just to live, just to live.
Interlude:
EmGA7C (x4)
Chorus 3:
EmCDsusBm7D4/CCDsusBm7 Oh... Balti-more, man it's hard; just to live. EmCDsusBm7D4/CCDsusBm7Em Oh... Balti-more, man it's hard; just to live, just to live.