We Gotta Get Out Of This Place

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In this dirty old part of the city, where the sun refuses to shine,

people tell me there ain't no use in tryin'.

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Now my girl you're so young and pretty,

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And one thing I know is true,

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

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Watch my daddy in bed a-dying,

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Watch his hair bin turning grey, Yeah

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He's been working and slavin' his life away, oh yes, I know it

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Yeah….. He’s been working so hard

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Yeah…. I've been workin' too, baby.

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Yeah…. Every night and day yeah yeah yeah yeah

CHORUS

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We gotta get out of this place..

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If it's the last thing we ever do.

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We gotta get out of this place..

Dm

Girl, there's a better life, for me and you.

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Now my girl you're so young and pretty,

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And one thing I know is true,

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

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Watch my daddy in bed a-dying,

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Watch his hair bin a turning grey, yeah

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He's been working and slavin' his life a-way

I know he’s bin working so hard

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Yeah.. I been workin' too baby yeah

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Every day baby

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whoooaaa. yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

CHORUS

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We gotta get out of this place..

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If it's the last thing we ever do.

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We gotta get out of this place..

Dm

Girl, there's a better life, for me and you.

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Somewhere baby

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Somehow I know it I know it,

CHORUS

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We gotta get out of this place..

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If it's the last thing we ever do.

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We gotta get out of this place..

Dm

Girl, there's a better life, for me and you.

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Be-lieve me baby.. I know it, baby you know it, too