[ti:In The Ghetto] [ar:Elvis Presley] [al:A Touch of Platinum] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]In The Ghetto (alt. take 3) - Elvis Presley (猫王) [00:05.36]As the snow flies [00:10.37]On a cold and gray Chicago mornin' [00:13.86]A poor little baby child is born [00:16.42]In the ghetto [00:21.86]And his mama cries [00:27.48]'Cause if there's one thing that she don't need [00:30.30]It's another hungry mouth to feed [00:33.23]In the ghetto [00:38.61]People don't you understand [00:41.05]The child needs a helping hand [00:44.49]Or he'll grow to be an angry young man some day [00:52.17]Take a look at you and me [00:54.86]Are we too blind to see [00:58.24]Do we simply turn our heads [01:00.92]And look the other way [01:05.68]Well the world turns [01:11.30]And a hungry little boy with a runny nose [01:14.29]Plays in the street as the cold wind blows [01:16.67]In the ghetto [01:20.17] [01:22.67]And his hunger burns [01:24.54] [01:28.29]So he starts to roam the streets at night [01:31.05]And he learns how to steal [01:32.67]And he learns how to fight [01:33.92]In the ghetto [01:37.04] [01:39.98]Then one night in desperation [01:42.17]The young man breaks away [01:44.92]He buys a gun steals a car [01:47.93]Tries to run but he don't get far [01:51.11]And his mama cries [01:58.24]As a crowd gathers 'round an angry young man [02:00.73]Face down on the street with a gun in his hand [02:03.67]In the ghetto [02:07.23]And as her young man dies [02:14.80]On a cold and gray Chicago mornin' [02:17.79]Another little baby child is born [02:20.42]In the ghetto [02:28.04]And his mama cries