in this dirty old part of the city
where the sun refused to shine
people tell me there ain’t no use in tryin’
and one thing i know is true
you’re gonna die before your time is due see my daddy in bed a-dyin’
see his hair turnin’ grey
he’s been workin’ and slavin’ his life away
i know 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 my little girl you’re so young and pretty
and one thing i know is true
you’ll be dead before your time is due, yes you will see my daddy in bed a-dyin’
see his hair been turnin’ grey
he’s been workin’ and slavin’ his life away
yes i know he’s been workin’ so hard 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
oh you know it baby
and i know it too
