In the ghetto

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 hungry mouth to feed

In the ghetto

People, don't you understand

The child 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 simply turn our heads

And look the other way

Well the world turns

And a hungry little boy with a runny nose

Plays in the street 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

A young man breaks away

He buys a gun, steals a car,

Tries to run, but he don't get far

And his mama cries

As a crowd gathers 'round an angry young man

Face down on the street with a gun in his hand

In the ghetto

As her young man dies,

On a cold and gray Chicago mornin',

Another little baby child is born

In the ghetto

Heartbreak hotel

Well, since my baby left me,

I found a new place to dwell.

It's down at the end of lonely street

At Heartbreak Hotel.

You make me so lonely baby,

I get so lonely,

I get so lonely I could die.

And although it's always crowded, you still can find some room.

Where broken hearted lovers

Do cry away their gloom.

You make me so lonely baby,

I get so lonely,

I get so lonely I could die.

Well, the Bell hop's tears keep flowin',

and the desk clerk's dressed in black.

Well they been so long on lonely street

They ain't ever gonna look back.

You make me so lonely baby,

I get so lonely,

I get so lonely I could die.

Hey now, if your baby leaves you,

and you got a tale to tell.

Just take a walk down lonely street

To Heartbreak Hotel.

It's now or never

It's now or never,

Come hold me tight

Kiss me my darling,

Be mine tonight

Tomorrow will be too late,

It's now or never

My love won't wait.

When I first saw you

with your smile so tender

My heart was captured,

My soul surrendered

I'd spend a lifetime

Waiting for the right time

Now that your near

The time is here at last.

It's now or never,

Come hold me tight

Kiss me my darling,

Be mine tonight

Tomorrow will be too late,

It's now or never

My love won't wait.

Just like a willow,

we would cry an ocean

If we lost true love

And sweet devotion

Your lips excite me,

Let your arms invite me

For who knows when

we'll meet again this way

It's now or never,

Come hold me tight

Kiss me my darling,

Be mine tonight

Tomorrow will be too late,

It's now or never

My love won't wait.

Love me tender

Love me tender,

love me sweet,

Never let me go.

You have made my life complete,

And I love you so.

Love me tender,

Love me true,

All my dreams fulfilled.

For my darlin' I love you,

And I always will.

Love me tender,

Love me long,

Take me to your heart.

For it's there that I belong,

And we'll never part.

Love me tender,

Love me dear,

Tell me you are mine.

I'll be yours through all the years,

Till the end of time.

Return to sender

I gave a letter to the postman,

He put it his sack

But in early next morning,

He brought my letter back

She wrote upon it:

Return to sender, address unknown.

No such number, no such zone

We had a quarrel, a lover's spat

I write I'm sorry but my letter keeps coming back

So then I dropped it in the mailbox

And sent it special D

But in early next morning

It came right back to me

She wrote upon it:

Return to sender, address unknown

No such number, no such zone

This time I'm gonna take it myself

And put it right in her hand

And if it comes back the very next day

Then I'll understand the writing on it

Return to sender, address unknown

No such person, no such zone