| In this dirty old part of the city,
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| where the sun refused to shine
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| people tell me there ain’t no use in tryin'.
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| 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!
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| We gotta get out of this place
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| If it’s the last thing we ever do We gotta get out of this place
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| 'cause girl, there’s a better life for me and you
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| 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!
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| See my daddy in bed a-dyin'.
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| See his hair been turnin’grey.
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| He’s been workin’and slavin’his life away.
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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,
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| 'cause girl, there’s a better life for me and you.
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| In this dirty old part of the city,
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| where the sun refused to shine
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| people tell me there ain’t no use in tryin'.
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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,
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| 'cause girl, there’s a better life for me and you.
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| Better life for me and you |