we gotta get out of this place

in this old dirty part of the city, where the sun refused to shine, people tell me there ain't no use in tryin', now my girl you're so young and pretty, and one thing i know is true, you'll be dead before your time is due, see my daddy in bed a dyin', see his hair been turnin' gray, he's been slaving and working his life away, yeah, workin' so hard, workin' so hard, workin' so hard, work work, yeah yeah, we gotta get out of this place, if it's the last thing we ever do, we gotta get out of this place, girl there's a a better life for me and you, now my girl you're so young and pretty, and one thing i know is true, you'll be dead before your time is due, see my daddy in bed a dyin', his hairs been turning grey, he's been working and slaving his life away, yeah, he's been working so hard, workin' so hard, workin' so hard, workin' so hard, yeah yeah yeah yeah, we gotta gotta get out of this place, if it's the last thing we ever do, we gotta get out of this place, girl there's a better life for me and you