We all got a kick out of the two songs. Following Tracey and Dorien, who have been cooped up together in Chigwell for months. Known for their gritty, raw, bluesy sound and hard-voiced frontman Eric Burdon, as … 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. We gotta get out of this place Eric Victor Burdon (May 11, 1941 in Newcastle, England) is a singer. I've been working too babe And one thing I know is true, yeah Découvrez comment nous utilisons vos informations dans notre Politique relative à la vie privée et notre Politique relative aux cookies. Pasadena is about one mile from me, and to think we California girls were really something that was only because we tan. We Gotta Get Out of This Place: The Soundtrack of the Vietnam War by Doug Bradley and Craig Werner (University of Massachusetts Press 2015) (959.7043). 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. For me and you Birds Of A Feather - We Gotta Get Out Of This Place Thu Thursday 24 Dec 9.15pm . If its the last thing we ever do, We gotta get out of this place You'll be dead before your time is due, I know it We gotta get out of this place If its 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 … I can easily understand why a soldier in Viet Nam would sing "We Gotta Get Out of This Place," but the song wasn't written about Viet Nam. If its the last thing we ever do You know it too. Oh yes, I know it, He's been working so hard Now my girl you're so young and pretty, And one thing I know is true Pasadena is about one mile from me, and to think we California girls were really something that was only because we tan. Lyrics Terms of Use, In this dirty old part of the city We all got a kick out of the two songs. © 2021 METROLYRICS, A RED VENTURES COMPANY. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. "We Gotta Get Out Of This Place" by The Animals: Nobody enjoys going casket shopping, as evidenced by this depressing fantasy flash mob … According to one account, all three came out of one call in 1965 that the Animals' then-producer Mickie Most made for songs. After all ,the Animals were Englishmen, from the town of Newcastle. Here & Now's Eric Westervelt speaks with the co-authors of "We Gotta Get Out of This Place: The Soundtrack of the Vietnam War," Douglas Bradley and Craig Werner. They were known for their organ-guitar sound and Burdon's aggressive show performance, screaming, growling and howling. 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 Now my girl your so young and so pretty An one thing I know is true You'll be dead before your time is due See my daddy in bed a dying Watch his hair is turning grey He's been working and slaving his life away We gotta get out of this place If its the last thing we ever do. 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