In The Ghetto by Elvis Presley
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 (1)____________ mouth to feed in the ghetto
People, don't you understand the (2)__________ 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 (3)____________ turn our heads and look the other way?
Well the world turns and a hungry little boy with a runny nose
Plays in the (4)____________ as the cold wind blows in the ghetto
And his hunger burns, so he starts to roam the (5)______________ at night
And he learns how to steal and he learns how to fight in the ghetto
Then one night in desperation a young man breaks away
He buys a gun, (6)____________ a car, tries to run, but he don't get far
And his mama cries
As a crowd (7)______________ 'round an angry young man
Face down on the street with a gun in his (8)________ in the ghetto
As her young man dies on a cold and gray Chicago mornin'
Another (9)____________ baby child is born in the ghetto
And his mama cries
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 (1)____________ mouth to feed in the ghetto
People, don't you understand the (2)__________ 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 (3)____________ turn our heads and look the other way?
Well the world turns and a hungry little boy with a runny nose
Plays in the (4)____________ as the cold wind blows in the ghetto
And his hunger burns, so he starts to roam the (5)______________ at night
And he learns how to steal and he learns how to fight in the ghetto
Then one night in desperation a young man breaks away
He buys a gun, (6)____________ a car, tries to run, but he don't get far
And his mama cries
As a crowd (7)______________ 'round an angry young man
Face down on the street with a gun in his (8)________ in the ghetto
As her young man dies on a cold and gray Chicago mornin'
Another (9)____________ baby child is born in the ghetto
And his mama cries
Answers:
(1) hungry(2) child(3) simply(4) street(5) streets(6) steals(7) gathers(8) hand(9) little