In this dirty old part of the cityn Where the sun refused to shinen People tell me there ain't no use in tryin'nn Now my girl you're so young and prettyn And one thing I know is truen You'll be dead before your time is due, I knownn Watch my daddy in bed a-dyin'n Watched his hair been turnin' greyn He's been workin' and slavin' his life awayn Oh yes I know itnn (Yeah!) He's been workin' so hardn (Yeah!) I've been workin' too, babyn (Yeah!) Every night and dayn (Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah!)nn We gotta get out of this placen If it's the last thing we ever don We gotta get out of this placen 'cause girl, there's a better life for me and younn Now my girl you're so young and prettyn And one thing I know is true, yeahn You'll be dead before your time is due, I know itnn Watch my daddy in bed a-dyin'n Watched his hair been turnin' grey, yeahn He's been workin' and slavin' his life awayn I know he's been workin' so hardnn (Yeah!) I've been workin' too, babyn (Yeah!) Every day babyn (Yeah!) Whoa!n (Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah!)nn We gotta get out of this placen If it's the last thing we ever don We gotta get out of this placen Girl, there's a better life for me and youn Somewhere baby, somehow I know itnn We gotta get out of this placen If it's the last thing we ever don We gotta get out of this placen Girl, there's a better life for me and youn Believe me babyn I know it babyn You know it toon