Beat-up little seagull
On a marble stair
Tryin' to find the ocean
Lookin' everywhereHard times in the city
In a hard town by the sea
Ain't nowhere to run to
There ain't nothin' here for freeHooker on the corner
Waiting for a train
Drunk lying on the sidewalk
Sleeping in the rain
And the people hide their faces
And they hide their eyes
'Cause the city's dyin'
And they don't know whyAin't it hard just to live?
Ain't it hard just to live?
Just to liveAnd my little brother Ray
Buy a big old wagon
To haul us all away
Live out in the country
Where the mountain's high
Never gonna come back here
Till the day I dieAin't it hard just to live?
Ain't it hard just to live?
Just to live
