Nick Cave - In The Ghetto
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Song Lyrics
(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
And as her young man dies
On a cold and grey Chicago morn
Another little baby child is born in the ghetto
Film and TV Credits
- Intimacy (2001)
Release History
From Her To Eternity
- A Box for Black Paul (10:50)
- Avalanche (5:13)
- Cabin Fever!
- From Her to Eternity (1:57)
- In The Ghetto (4:13)
- Saint Huck (8:16)
- The Moon Is in The Gutter
- Well of Misery (6:46)
- Wings Off Flies (3:55)
Mr. Loverman
- Mack The Knife (0:41)
- Faraway So Close (4:00)
- Cassiels Song (3:39)
- There's A Light (3:39)
- Sad Dark Eyes (2:58)
- Grief Came Riding (5:05)
- Bless His Ever Loving Heat (3:58)
- Right Now I'm A - Roaming (4:20)
- Come Into My Sleep (3:46)
- People Ain't No Good (5:40)
- Black Hair (8:25)
- I Love You... Nor Do I (4:14)
- In The Ghetto (4:13)
- Oh Happy Day (2:50)
- Rye Whiskey
- The Train Song
- The Carny (6:05)
- God's Hotel (3:19)
- (I'll Love You) Till The End Of The World (4:37)
- Shivers (4:32)
- Jack The Ripper (6:36)
- Two Wings Mambo (9:02)
- Nobody's Baby Now (4:04)
- Stagger Lee (8:41)
- Henry Lee (4:54)
- Little Janey's Gone (3:08)
- Good Good Day (4:02)
- Good Bye Marilou (5:12)
- Tupelo (6:55)
- Sail Away
- The Ballad Of Robert Moore & Betty Coltrane (3:32)
- Time Jesum Transeuntum Et Non Revertentum (6:19)
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