Elvis Presley & Lisa Marie Presley - In The Ghetto lyrics

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As the snow flies<br />

On a cold and gray Chicago mornin'<br />

A poor little baby child is born<br />

In the ghetto<br />

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And his Mama cries<br />

'Cause if there's one thing that she don't need<br />

It's another hungry mouth to feed<br />

In the ghetto<br />

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People, don't you understand?<br />

The child needs a helping hand<br />

Or he'll grow to be an angry young man some day<br />

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I take a look at you and me<br />

Are we too blind to see?<br />

Do we simply turn our heads<br />

And look the other way?<br />

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Well, the world turns<br />

And a hungry little boy with a runny nose<br />

Plays in the street as the cold wind blows<br />

In the ghetto<br />

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And his hunger burns<br />

So he starts to roam the streets at night<br />

And he learns how to steal and he learns how to fight<br />

In the ghetto<br />

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Then one night in desperation<br />

The young man breaks away<br />

He buys a gun, steals a car<br />

Tries to run but he don't get far<br />

And his Mama cries<br />

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As the crowd gathers 'round an angry young man<br />

Face down on the street with a gun in his hand<br />

In the ghetto<br />

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And as her young man dies<br />

On a cold and gray Chicago mornin'<br />

Another little baby child is born<br />

In the ghetto<br />

<br />

And his Mama cries<br />

On a cold and gray Chicago mornin'<br />

A poor little baby child is born<br />

In the ghetto<br />

<br />

On a cold and gray Chicago mornin'<br />

A poor little baby child is born<br />

In the ghetto<br />

<br />

On a cold and gray Chicago mornin'<br />

Another little baby child is born<br />

In the ghetto