Sunday, January 29, 2006

Going on an Adventure Where Somebody Could Get Killed (But Not Me)

... I'm a practical American
From the Middle West
And I can piss on a grave
While welcoming guests.

-- Iggy Pop, I Felt the Luxury, 1999

Thursday, January 26, 2006

WE GOTTA GET OUT OF THIS PLACE

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.

Written by Weil/Mann, sung by The Animals, 1964