Lyrics Eric Burdon

Eric Burdon

We Gotta Get Out Of This Place

In this dirty old part of the city

Where the sun refused to shine

People tell me there ain't no use in be tryin' man

What's the use?

Little woman you're so young and you're so pretty

One thing I know I know is true

You going to be dead before your time is due, yeah

I see my daddy in bed dyin'

I watched his hair been turnin' gray, yes I have

I know he's been workin' and slavin'

And workin' and slavin' and slavin' and workin'

Workin', yeah, workin', yeah, yeah, yeah

We gotta get out of this place, if it's the last thing we ever do

Babe, we gotta get out of this place

Girl, there's a better life, don't you know, don't you know

Don't you know it too baby, baby, baby, baby

Ah, you know what, it's like Saturday night

Worked all week, slaving like a dog behind the glass partition

Watching a girl with the knees, tight [Incomprehensible]

It's driving you crazy

Come Friday, you got your pay

Your walkin' down the broadway, pocketful of gold

And you can buy what you need

And you can buy what you eat

But there's always somebody else

Somewhere, willing to give you someone else

What [Incomprehensible] need in a long long time

I gotta get you baby, get you baby, get you baby

Take you baby, take you baby to a place I know

I'm gonna take you away, I'm gonna take you away

I know, I know I been workin' an' workin' an' workin' an'

Workin' an' workin' an' workin' an' workin'

Workin, yeah, workin', yeah, yeah, yeah

We gotta get out of this place, if it's the last thing we ever do

Babe, we gotta get out of this place

Girl, there's a better life, don't you know, don't you know

You know it too baby, yeah, yeah

I know he's been workin', yeah

Workin', yeah, yeah, yeah

Babe, we gotta get out of this place, if it's the last thing we ever do

Babe, we gotta get out of this place

Girl, there's a better life, don't you know, don't you know

Don't you know it too baby, baby, baby, baby I'm your man

Take it from the city, take it from the land

Hold on, outta this place, yeah, outta this place