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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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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 |
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Watch my daddy in bed a-dyin' |
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Watched his hair been turnin' grey |
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He's been workin' and slavin' his life away |
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Oh yes I know it |
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(Yeah!) He's been workin' so hard |
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(Yeah!) I've been workin' too, baby |
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(Yeah!) Every night and day |
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(Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah!) |
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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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Now my girl you're so young and pretty |
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And one thing I know is true, yeah |
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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-dyin' |
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Watched his hair been turnin' grey, yeah |
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He's been workin' and slavin' his life away |
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I know he's been workin' so hard |
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(Yeah!) I've been workin' too, baby |
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(Yeah!) Every day baby |
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(Yeah!) Whoa! |
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(Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah!) |
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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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Girl, there's a better life for me and you |
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Somewhere baby, somehow I know it |
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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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Girl, there's a better life for me and you |
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Believe me baby |
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I know it baby |
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You know it too |