We Gotta Get out of This Place

Midnight finds me cryin' Day time finds me cryin' too I've got to get out of town This whole city just brings me down, yeah Gotta get away Gotta get away Gotta get away I made a promise to you such a long time ago Now baby, now baby, now baby, now baby It's time to make it come true yeah, come through yeah Come true yeah, come through yeah, come true yeah In this dirty old part of the city Where the sun refuse to shine People tell me there ain't no use in me trying, no Little girl you're so young and you're so pretty And one thing I know is true Your going to be dead before your time is due See my daddy in bed dying Watched his hair been turning gray I know he's been working and slaving Working and slaving, slaving and working Working, yeah Work, 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, there's a better life Don't you know, don't you know Man, don't you know, don't you know, don't you know Well, well, well Time brings about a change Time on the clock, on the wall Brings about a change, yeah All of his life he's been slaving All of the life he's been working For what? For what? For what? For what? Give it up, give it up Give it up, give it up, yeah See my daddy in bed dying Watched his hair been turning gray I know he's been working and slaving And slaving and working, and working and slaving Working, yeah Work, 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 There's a better life Don't you know, don't you know, don't you know Take me, take me, take me We gotta get out of this place If it's the last thing we ever do We just gotta get out of this place There's a better life, there's a better world There's a better way Don't you know, don't you know, don't you know We gotta get out of this place If it's the last thing we ever do We gotta get out of this place There's a better world Don't you know, don't you know, don't you know I want to get you out of this place Out of this place Out of this place Yeah, yeah, yeah