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In The Ghetto

From the Album: From Her To Eternity |

This version of In The Ghetto was released by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds in 1984.

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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


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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds has released many songs over the years besides In The Ghetto. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds released songs from 1984 to 2004 spanning across albums like From Her To Eternity, The Firstborn Is Dead, Kicking Against The Pricks, Your Funeral My Trial, Tender Prey, The Good Son, Henry's Dream, Let Love In, Murder Ballads, The Boatman's Call, No More Shall We Part, and Abattoir Blues / The Lyre Of Orpheus. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds.

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