in this dirty old part of the city,
where the sun refused to shine
people tell me there ain´t no use in tryin´.

my girl you´re so young and pretty,
and one thing i know is true,
you´ll be dead before your time is due!

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

my girl you´re so young and pretty,
and one thing i know is true,
you´ll be dead before your time is due!

see my daddy in bed a-dyin´.
see his hair been turnin´ grey.
he´s been workin´ and slavin´ his life away.

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.

in this dirty old part of the city,
where the sun refused to shine
people tell me there ain´t no use in tryin´.

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.

better life for me and you <i>[x8]