in this dirty old part of the city
We gotta get out of this place, there s a better world This, we gotta get out of this place
we gotta get out of this place
Where the sun refuse to shine, time brings about a change The, don t you know
We gotta get out of this place, i ve got to get out of town, i made a promise to you such a long time ago
Watched his hair been turning gray, we gotta get out of this place Place, i know he s been working and slaving
We gotta get out of this place, don t you know, if it s the last thing we ever do
Where the sun refuse to shine, come true yeah
out of this place
Don t you know, slaving and working
we gotta get out of this place
I ve got to get out of town, i ve got to get out of town
working and slaving
and one thing i know is true
Slaving and working, time brings about a change
Slaving and working, working and slaving
Little girl you re so young and you re so pretty, see my daddy in bed dying Animals, don t you know
Don t you know, i made a promise to you such a long time ago, there s a better life
i know he s been working and slaving
We gotta get out of this place, don t you know
we gotta get out of this place
Gotta get away, it s time to make it come true yeah
Day time finds me cryin too, don t you know of, all of the life he s been working
I know he s been working and slaving, day time finds me cryin too The, don t you know
and one thing i know is true
If it s the last thing we ever do, we gotta get out of this place
I used to work in a real shit-hole and whenever this came on the radio, we sang the chorus at the tops of our voices! The boss hated it and we hated him!
I was drafted in 68. I had a degree and lucked out and got easy duty at an Army hospital. I still remember getting a sht load of guys wounded on hamburger hill. A nice bunch of people, mostly hillbillies from the 101st airborne. The word was they had never seen fighting as intense as the hill. The military sucks, war sucks but the vets need honor, not saliva!
It's the war people should hate, not the soldiers. Anyone who returns from a war deserves nothing but the honour and respect. Even if the war was wrongful.
Anyone performing on base during the war, if they wanted to get the crowd into it. . .all they had to do was play this song. . .I remember seeing a girl band in Japan who were cute as hell, singing soft rock and then they busted into this song. . .dammmmnnnnn they were great!
As a kid I remember my parents trying their best why my brothers bags were at the front door and that he will be going away but will be back soon...He left the next morning , still remember that day . He did come back home from Vietnam, still my brother but always a little different