WE GOTTA GET OUT OF THIS PLACE

Bruce's version

In this dirty old heart of the city
Where the sun refuse to shine
People say that there ain't no sense to try

Well now my little girl you're so young and pretty
And one thing I know is true
You're gonna die before your time is due

I see my daddy in bed a-dyin'
I see his hair been turnin' grey
He's been workin' and slayin' his life away
Yes he has

(Yeah!) He was young and pretty
(Yeah!) Slayin' his whole life away
(Yeah!) All day long
(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
'cause girl, there's a better life for me and you

Little girl you're so young and pretty
But there's one thing you know is true, yeah
You'll gonna die before your time is due

I watch my daddy slowly dying
I watch his hair turnin' grey, yeah
He's been workin' and slayin' his whole life away
For nothing

(Yeah!) You're so young and pretty
(Yeah!) He's slayin' his whole life away
(Yeah!) Whoa!
(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
Girl, there's a better life for me and you

We gotta get out of this place
If it's the last thing we ever do
We gotta get out of this place
Girl, there's a better life for me and you

(Man, Weil) by The Animals (Columbia DB 7639), 1965. One tour performance on 04 Nov 1976 in the NY Palladium. These lyrics refer to that Bruce's performance. Check also The Animals' original version.