[ti:In The Ghetto]
[ar:Elvis Presley]
[al:Elv1s 30 #1 Hits]

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[00:00.00]Elvis Presley - In The Ghetto
(words & music by Scott Davis)
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[00:05.75]As the snow flies
[00:11.26]On a cold and gray Chicago mornin'
[00:14.21]A poor little baby child is born
[00:16.77]In the ghetto
[00:18.79]
[00:22.15]And his mama cries
[00:27.76]'Cause if there's one thing that she don't need
[00:30.43]It's another hungry mouth to feed
[00:33.22]In the ghetto
[00:34.78]
[00:38.39]People, don't you understand
[00:40.85]The child needs a helping hand
[00:44.25]Or he'll grow to be an angry young man some day
[00:49.09]Take a look at you and me,
[00:51.65]Are we too blind to see,
[00:55.10]Do we simply turn our heads
[00:58.11]And look the other way
[01:01.08]
[01:02.20]Well the world turns
[01:07.97]And a hungry little boy with a runny nose
[01:11.01]Plays in the street as the cold wind blows
[01:13.42]In the ghetto
[01:15.27]
[01:18.76]And his hunger burns
[01:24.23]So he starts to roam the streets at night
[01:27.00]And he learns how to steal
[01:28.21]And he learns how to fight
[01:29.54]In the ghetto
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[01:35.36]Then one night in desperation
[01:37.96]The young man breaks away
[01:40.54]He buys a gun, steals a car,
[01:43.51]Tries to run, but he don't get far
[01:46.58]And his mama cries
[01:50.10]
[01:52.84]As a crowd gathers 'round an angry young man
[01:55.32]Face down on the street with a gun in his hand
[01:57.99]In the ghetto
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[02:03.31]And as her young man dies,
[02:08.99]On a cold and gray Chicago mornin',
[02:11.75]Another little baby child is born
[02:15.76]In the ghetto
[02:18.95]
[02:21.74]And his mama cries
[02:27.57]
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[02:51.96]END