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Well I live in a hole
The sink leakin’ all through the wall
Down in Lower East Side
With roaches and junk in the halls
Oh Lord, bring me soon out of here

Days I come home so tired
The nights, lord I couldn’t get
No sleep
I can’t find no job
My brain is beginning to creep
So please, try to remember me

Because I’m here all alone
I couldn’t see any way out
I listent to the fear in my bones
I’m dyin’ but I’ll tell you no how

Lower girl she had left me
And cursed the day that we’ve met
Dirty blues and connections
In New York it’s all what you get
Someday I’ll rush out of here

’Cause I live in a hole
The sink leakin’ all through the wall
Down in Lower East Side
With roaches and junk in the hall
Oh Lord, bring me soon out of here