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We Gotta Get Out of This Place

composed by Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil (1965); performed by Eric Burdon and The Animals [nb: title has also been represented as: "We've Gotta Get Outta This Place"; it was an iconic anthem of disassociation and liberation that was emblematic of the Vietnam War, while having nothing to do with combat, and has since become a thematic touchstone for many films and TV episodes evocative of the era]


    In this dirty old part of the city
    Where the sun refused to shine
    People tell me there ain't no use in tryin'

    Now my girl you're so young and pretty
    And one thing I know is true
    You'll be dead before your time is due, I know

    Watch my daddy in bed a-dyin'
    Watched his hair been turnin' grey
    He's been workin' and slavin' his life away
    Oh yes I know it

    Yeah! He's been workin' so hard
    Yeah! I've been workin' too, baby
    Yeah! Every night and day
    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

    Now my girl you're so young and pretty
    And one thing I know is true, yeah
    You'll be dead before your time is due, I know it

    Watch my daddy in bed a-dyin'
    Watched his hair been turnin' grey, yeah
    He's been workin' and slavin' his life away
    I know he's been workin' so hard

    Yeah! I've been workin' too, baby
    Yeah! Every day baby
    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
    Somewhere baby, somehow I know it

    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
    Believe me baby
    I know it baby
    You know it too





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