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In this dirty old part of the city,
where the sun refuse to shine,
people tell me there ain't no use in tryin'.
Now, my girl, you're so young and pretty,

you'll be dead before your time is due, I know.
Watch my daddy in bed a dyin',
watch his hair been turnin' gray.
He's been workin' and slavin' his life away.
Oh yes, I know it.
He's been workin' so hard,
mommy workin' too, baby, everybody did.
Yeah, 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 better life for me and you.
Now, my girl, you're so young and pretty,

you'll be dead before your time is due, I know it.
Watch my daddy in bed a dyin',
watch his hair been a turnin' gray.
He's been workin' and slavin' his life away.
I know he's been a workin' so hard.
I'll be workin' too, baby, every day, baby.
Woh!
Yeah, yeah, 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 better life for me and you.
Somewhere, baby, somehow I know it, baby.
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.
Believe me, baby,
I know it, baby,