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We Gotta Get Out Of This Place/Don't Bring Me Down/It's My Life
David Johansen
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In this dirty old part of the city
Where the sun refused to shine
People tell me there ain't no use in trying
Oh little girl you're so young and pretty
And one thing I know is true
You gotta die before your time is due
Watching my daddy in bed and dying
See his hair been turning grey
He's been working and slaving his life away
He's been working baby
Working baby working baby
Its been work work work work
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
When you complain, and criticize
I feel I'm nothing in your eyes
It makes me feel like giving up
Because my best just ain't good enough
Girl I want to provide for you
Do all the things that you want me to
Oh, oh no
Don't bring me down
Oh, no no, no no
Please oh no
Don't bring me down
It's a hard world to get a break in
All the good things have been taken
But girl there are ways to make certain things pay
Though I'm dressed in these rags, I'll wear sable
Some day
I hear what I say
I'm gonna ride the serpent
No more time spent sweating rent
In my command I'm break loose, it ain't no use
Holding me down, stick around
And baby remember
It's my life and I'll do what I want
It's my mind and I'll think what I want
Show me I'm wrong, hurt me sometime
But some day I'll treat you real fine
It's my life and I'll do what I want (Its my life)
It's my mind and I'll think what I want (and i can do what i want)
It's my life and I'll do what I want (you can show me)
It's my mind and I'll think what I want (don't push me)
It's my life and I'll do what I want (Its my life)
It's my mind and I'll think what I want
Show me I'm wrong, hurt me sometime
But some day I'll treat you real fine