In The Ghetto Song Lyrics and Chords by Dolly Parton
In The Ghetto
Recorded by Dolly Parton
Written by Mac Davis
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As the snow flies
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cold and gray Chicago morn
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poor little baby
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child is born in the
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ghetto
And his momma cries
Cause
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if there's one thing that she don't need
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another little hungry
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mouth to feed in the
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ghetto
People can't you
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understand the child needs
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a helping
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hand
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He'll grow to be an
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angry young man some
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day
Take a look at
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you and me are we
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too blind to
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see
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Do we simply
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turn our heads and
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look the other
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way
While the
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world
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hungry little boy with a running nose
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Plays in the streets as the
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cold wind blows in the
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ghetto
And his hunger burns
So he
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starts to roam the streets at night
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learns how to steal and he
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learns how to fight in the
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ghetto
And
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then one night in desperation the
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young man breaks
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away
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buys a gun and he
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steals a car
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tries to run but don't get far
And his
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momma
cries
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crowd gathers round an angry young man
Paces
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down the street with a
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gun in his hand in the
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ghetto
And the young man dies
On a
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cold and gray Chicago morn
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Another little baby
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child is born in the
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Ghetto
And his momma cries
FAQ
Who sang the the song In The Ghetto?
- The song In The Ghetto was sang by Dolly Parton.
Who is Dolly Parton?
- Dolly Rebecca Parton (born January 19, 1946) is an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, actress, author, businesswoman, and humanitarian, known primarily for her work in country music. After achieving success as a songwriter for others, Parton made her album debut in 1967 with Hello, I'm Dolly, which led to success during the remainder of the 1960s (both as a solo artist and with a series of duet albums with Porter Wagoner), before her sales and chart peak came during the 1970s and continued into the 1980s. Parton's albums in the 1990s did not sell as well, but she achieved commercial success again in the new millennium and has released albums on various independent labels since 2000, including her own label, Dolly Records. She has sold more than 100 million records worldwide.
Parton's music includes Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA)-certified gold, platinum and multi-platinum awards. She has had 25 songs reach no. 1 on the Billboard country music charts, a record for a female artist (tied with Reba McEntire). She has 44 career Top 10 country albums, a record for any artist, and she has 110 career-charted singles over the past 40 years. She has garnered 11 Grammy Awards and 50 nominations, including the Lifetime Achievement Award ten Country Music Association Awards, including Entertainer of the Year and is one of only seven female artists to win the Country Music Association's Entertainer of the Year Award five Academy of Country Music Awards, also including Entertainer of the Year four People's Choice Awards and three American Music Awards.
In 1999, Parton was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. She has composed over 3,000 songs, including "I Will Always Love You" (a two-time U.S. country chart-topper, as well as an international pop hit for Whitney Houston), "Jolene", "Coat of Many Colors", and "9 to 5". She is also in a select group to have received at least one nomination from the Academy Awards, Grammy Awards, Tony Awards, and Emmy Awards. As an actress, she has starred in films such as 9 to 5 (1980) and The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982), for which she earned Golden Globe nominations for Best Actress, as well as Rhinestone (1984), Steel Magnolias (1989), Straight Talk (1992) and Joyful Noise (2012).
