In The Ghetto-Joybells

[00:00.00]Elvis Presley - In The Ghetto [00:03.25] [00:05.25]As the snow flies [00:10.76]On a cold and gray Chicago mornin' [00:13.71]A poor little baby child is born [00:16.27]In the ghetto [00:18.29] [00:21.65]And his mama cries [00:27.26]'Cause if there's one thing that she don't need [00:29.93]It's another hungry mouth to feed [00:32.72]In the ghetto [00:34.28] [00:37.89]People, don't you understand [00:40.35]The child needs a helping hand [00:43.75]Or he'll grow to be an angry young man some day [00:48.59]Take a look at you and me, [00:51.15]Are we too blind to see, [00:54.60]Do we simply turn our heads [00:57.61]And look the other way [01:00.58] [01:01.70]Well the world turns [01:07.47]And a hungry little boy with a runny nose [01:10.51]Plays in the street as the cold wind blows [01:12.92]In the ghetto [01:14.77] [01:18.26]And his hunger burns [01:23.73]So he starts to roam the streets at night [01:26.50]And he learns how to steal [01:27.71]And he learns how to fight [01:29.04]In the ghetto [01:31.34] [01:34.86]Then one night in desperation [01:37.46]The young man breaks away [01:40.04]He buys a gun, steals a car, [01:43.01]Tries to run, but he don't get far [01:46.08]And his mama cries [01:49.60] [01:52.34]As a crowd gathers 'round an angry young man [01:54.82]Face down on the street with a gun in his hand [01:57.49]In the ghetto [01:59.41] [02:02.81]And as her young man dies, [02:08.49]On a cold and gray Chicago mornin', [02:11.25]Another little baby child is born [02:15.26]In the ghetto [02:18.45] [02:21.24]And his mama cries [02:27.07]