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GHETTO
As the snow flies
On a cold and grey
Chicago mornin' a poor
little baby child is born

in the ghetto
And his Mama cries
'Cos if there's one thing
that She don't need it's
another hungry mouth

to feed in the ghetto
People, don't you
understand the child
needs a helping hand
Or he'll grow to be an

angry young
man some day
Take a look

at you and me,
are we too blind to see?
Do we simply
turn our heads
and look the other way?
W ell the world turns
And a hungry little boy
With a runny nose plays
in the street as the
cold Wind blows

in the ghetto
And his hunger burns
So he starts to roam the
sireets at night and

he learns how to steal
and he learns

how to iight in the ghetto
Then one night
in desperation
a young man

breaks away

g
He buys a gun,
steals a car,

tries to run

but he don't get
far and his mama cries
As a crowd gathers Iround
an angry young man,
face down in the street
With a gun in his hand

in the ghetto
As her young man dies
On a cold and grey
Chicago mornin',
another little baby child
is born in the ghetto
And his Mama cries
GHETTO
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Title
In The Ghetto
Artist
Elvis Presley
Brand
Sunfly
(37 Other Versions)
Codes
SFGD051-13 SFWS233-13
Genres
rock-and-roll, rockabilly, rock and roll
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