In the Ghetto-Countdown Chartbusters

[ti:In The Ghetto] [ar:Graham Blvd.] [al:Top of the Charts 1960 Vol.4] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]In the Ghetto - Countdown Chartbusters [00:05.42]As the snow flies [00:08.86] [00:10.72]On a cold and gray Chicago mornin' [00:13.57]A poor little baby [00:14.60]Child is born In the ghetto [00:18.14] [00:18.73]In the ghetto [00:20.94] [00:21.50]And his mama cries [00:24.50] [00:26.81]Cause if there's one thing [00:28.25]That she don't need [00:29.43]It's another little hungry mouth [00:31.41]To feed In the ghetto [00:34.85]In the ghetto [00:37.12]People, don't you understand [00:39.78]The child a needs helping hand [00:43.14]He'll grow to be an angry [00:44.84]Young man some day [00:47.63]Take a look at you and me [00:50.29]Are we too blind to see [00:53.86]Do we simply turn our heads [00:56.44]Look the other way [00:59.87]Well the world turns [01:02.48] [01:05.45]And a hungry little boy [01:06.71]With a runny nose [01:08.07]Plays in the street as [01:09.46]The cold wind blows In the ghetto [01:12.09] [01:13.53]In the ghetto [01:16.20]And his hunger burns [01:18.76] [01:21.44]So he starts to roam [01:22.67]The streets at night [01:23.98]And he learns how to steal [01:25.34]And he to learns and figh [01:26.65]Thow In the ghetto [01:29.48]In the ghetto [01:32.57]Then one night in desperation [01:35.13]The young man breaks away [01:37.58]He buys a gun, any steals a car [01:40.22]Tries to run, but don't get far [01:43.38]And his mama cries [01:46.40] [01:48.94]As a crowd gathers round [01:50.18]An angry young man [01:51.44]Face down on the street [01:52.72]With a gun in his hand [01:54.25]In the ghetto [01:56.29] [01:57.18]In the ghetto [01:59.42]As her young man dies [02:02.38]In the ghetto [02:05.13]On a cold and gray Chicago mornin' [02:07.80]Another little baby child is born [02:10.86]In the ghetto [02:16.39]And his mama cries [02:18.90] [02:21.98]In the ghetto [02:24.33] [02:27.15]In the ghetto [02:30.75] [02:32.45]In the ghetto [02:35.69] [02:37.83]In the ghetto