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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









Answers:
(1) hungry(2) child(3) simply(4) street(5) streets(6) steals(7) gathers(8) hand(9) little