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 my 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 watch my daddy in bed a dyin watched his hair been turnin grey yeah he s been workin and slavin his life away oh yes i know it he s been workin so hard i ve been workin too baby every night and day we gotta get out of this place if it s the last thing we ever do we gotta get out of this place cause girl there s a better life for me and you now my girl you re so young and pretty and one thing i know is true yeah you ll be dead before your time is due i know it watch my daddy in bed a dyin watched his hair been turnin grey yeah he s been workin and slavin his life away i know he s been workin so hard i ve been workin too baby every day baby oh 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 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 you know it too