In The Ghetto lyrics

Artist  : Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds 
Song : In The Ghetto
 


(M. Davies)

As the snow flies
On a cold
and grey Chicago morn
A poor little baby child
is born in the ghetto


And his mama
cries
Cause there's one thing that she don't
need
Is another little hungry mouth to feed in
the ghetto


Oh people don't you
understand
This child needs a helping
hand
He's gonna grow to be an angry young man
some day
Take a look at you and me
Are we
that blind to see?
Do we simply turn our heads
and look the other way?


And the world
turns
And the hungry little boy with the runny
nose
Plays in the streets 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 and steals a car
He tries to run
but he don't get far
And his mama cries
A
crowd gathers round an angry young man
Face
down in the street with a gun in his hand in the
ghetto


Oh people don't you
understand
This child needs a helping
hand
He's gonna grow to be an angry young man
some day
Take a look at you and me
Are we
that blind to see?
Do we simply turn our heads
and look the other way?


And as her
young man dies
On a cold and grey Chicago
morn
Another little baby child is born in the
ghetto