Dolly Parton – In The Ghetto Lyrics  Share

From Dolly Parton's album: My Blue Ridge Mountain Boy

As the snow flies
On a cold and gray Chicago mornin^,
A poor little baby child is born
In the ghetto
And his mama cries
^,Cause if there^,s one thing that she don^,t need
It^,s another hungry mouth to feed
In the ghetto
People, don^,t you understand
The child needs a helping hand
Or he^,ll grow to be an angry young man some day
Take a look at you and me
Are we too blind to see
Do we simply turn our heads
And look the other way

Well the world turns
And a hungry little boy with a runny nose
Plays in the street as the cold wind blows
In the ghetto

And his hunger burns
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So he starts to roam the streets at night
And he learns how to steal
And he learns how to fight
In the ghetto

Then one night in desperation
A young man breaks away
He buys a gun, steals a car
Tries to run, but he don^,t get far
And his mama cries

As a crowd gathers ^,round an angry young man
Face down on the street with a gun in his hand
In the ghetto

As her young man dies
On a cold and gray Chicago mornin^,
Another little baby child is born
In the ghetto
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