the ghetto

[ti:In The Ghetto] [ar:Elvis Presley] [al:Elv1s 30 #1 Hits] [by:van] [offset:500] [0:0]欢迎访问 我爱音乐 [00:00.00]Elvis Presley - In The Ghetto (words & music by Scott Davis) [00:03.75] [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 [01:31.84] [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 [01:59.91] [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] [02:47.93] [02:51.96]END