We Gotta Get Outta This Place

In this dirty old part of the city

Where the sun refused to shine

People tell me there ain't no use in tryin'

Now lil' girl you're so young and pretty

And one thing I know is true

You'll be dead before your time is due, I know

See my daddy in bed, he's dyin'

Yeah, his hair been turnin' gray

He been workin' and slavin' his life away

I know, we gotta work, yeah

Work yeah, work yeah

We gotta work, work, work, work

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 better life for me and you

I know it's true

My little girl, you're so young and pretty

And one thing I know is true

You'll be dead before your time is through, I know

Watching my daddy in bed, he's dyin'

You know his hair been turnin' gray

He's been slavin' and workin' his life away

Yeah, I know

That we gotta work, yeah

Work, gotta work

We gotta work, work, work, work

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 better life for me and you

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 better life for me and you

And you know it's true