In The Ghetto

Mac Davis / Elvis Presley (1969)

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As the	snow flies						On a	cold and gray chicago mornin'

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A	poor little baby	child is born - In the	ghetto

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And his	mama cries						'cause if	there's one thing that she don't need

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Is an	other hungry	mouth to feed - In the	ghetto

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	People, don't you	understand - The child needs a	helping	hand

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Or	he'll grow to be an	angry young man some	day

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Take a look at	you and me, Are we too	blind to	see,

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Do we	simply turn our	heads and look the	other way

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Well the	world turns					And a	hungry little boy with a runny nose

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Plays	in the street as the	cold wind blows - In the	ghetto

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And his h	unger burns					So he	starts to roam the streets at night

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And he	learns how to steal And he	learns how to fight - In the	ghetto

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	Then one night in desperation A	young man breaks	away.

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He	buys a gun,	steals a car, He	tries to run, but he	don't get far

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And his	mama cries					As a	crowd gathers 'round an angry young man

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Face	down on the street with a	gun in his hand - In the	ghetto

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As her	young man dies,					On a	cold and gray chicago mornin',

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An	other little baby	child is born - In the	ghetto

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And his	mama cries