Dolly Parton Lyrics
"In the Ghetto"
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(Mac Davis)
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 while the world turns.
A hungry little boy with a runny nose
Plays in the street as the cold wind blows in the ghetto
And his hunger burns
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 the 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...
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 while the world turns.
A hungry little boy with a runny nose
Plays in the street as the cold wind blows in the ghetto
And his hunger burns
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 the 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...
This song is from the album "Greatest Hits [BMG International]", "The Best of Dolly Parton [RCA Victor]", "I Wish I Felt This Way at Home [RCA Camden]", "Collector's Series [RCA Victor]", "Just the Way I Am [RCA Camden]", "My Blue Ridge Mountain Boy [RCA]", "Dolly Parton Collection", "Magic Moments with Dolly Parton", "Just the Way I Am [Delta Records]", "Dolly Parton [Delta Records]", "Best of the Best [Federal Records]", "Covered by Dolly [Sterling Ent]", "Love Is Like a Butterfly", "Best Of The Best: Hall Of Fame 2000", "Bluegrass Collection" and "The Tour Collection".