After Stormy Sunday comes Blue Sky Monday, at least for now. We’re all caught up on movies, with the exception of Jurassic Park that neither of us wants to see, so the theatre is not an option this week. There are also no grandfather duties this week with the kids all in Fort Wayne, and maybe even driving to Niagara Falls. My wife and I now exactly one month away from our long summer drive, as the year is now nearly half over with lots of adventures to come. 

Travel would be so easy with a portal like in the TV series Night Sky. Just push a button and you’re immediately transported into space or any other desired destination. Challenges like seeing all 50 states would be a cinch. We just heard from another friend that caught Covid on a recent cruise and was forced to spend the trip in their room, with the exception of two hours a day on an isolated deck. After all this money spent on the trip, they were treated like prisoners with the plague. It’s a nightmarish thought that this could happen to us somewhere in Alaska. 

Our friends down the street have tested positive with symptoms no worse than the flu. It’s been years since I’ve been sick and there’s simply no way to avoid exposure. Many people have just decided to stay home, but that is not in my nature – take it from The Animals. Regardless of the risks, from time to time, “we’ve 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

And 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

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, baby

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”

Source: LyricFind
Songwriters: Barry Mann / Cynthia Weil
We Gotta Get out of This Place lyrics © EMI Music Publishing