In the ghetto (The vicious circle) (Elvis Presley)

In The Ghetto (The Vicious Circle)

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 in the street with a gun in his hand

In the ghetto

As her young man dies,

on a cold and grey Chicago mornin’,

another little baby child is born

In the ghetto

And his mama cries

In the ghetto

In the ghetto

If I Can Dream (Elvis Presley)

If I Can Dream

There must be light, burning brighter somewhere.

Got to be birds, flying higher in a sky, more blue.

If I can cream of a better land where all my brothers walk hand in hand.

Tell me why, oh why, oh why can’t my dream come true. Oh why ---

There must be peace and understanding sometime

Strong winds of promise that will blow away the doubt, and fear.

If I can dream, of a warmer sun, where home keeps shining on everyone.

Tell me why, oh why, oh why won’t that sun appear.

We’re lost in a cloud, with too much rain,

We’re trapped in a world, that is troubled with pain,

But as long as a man has the strength to dream

He can redeem his soul and fly.

Deep in my heart, there is a trembling question,

Still I am sure that the answer, answer is gonna come

Some how, out there in the dark,

There’s a beckoning candle yeah hey, hey

And while I can think, while I can talk, while I can stand, while I can walk,

While I can dream, oh me and my dream come true. Right Now!

Hound Dog (Elvis Presley)

HOUND DOG

You ain’t nothin’ but a hound dog cryin’ all the time.

You ain’t nothin’ but a hound dog cryin’ all the time.

Well, you ain’t never caught a rabbit and you ain’t no friend of mine.

When they said you was high classed, well, that was just a lie.

When they said you was high classed, well, that was just a lie.

You ain’t never caught a rabbit and you ain’t no friend of mine

Heartbreak Hotel (Elvis Presley)

HEARTBREAK HOTEL

Now since my baby left me I’ve found a new place to dwell:

down at the end of Lonely Street at Heartbreak Hotel.

I’m so lonely, I’m so lonely,

I’m so lonely that I could die.

And tho’ it’s always crowded you can still find some room

for broken hearted lovers to cry there in the gloom

and be so lonely, oh so lonely,

oh so lonely they could die.

The bell hop’s tears keep flowing, the desk clerk’s dressed in black.

They been so long on Lonely Sreet they never will go back

and they’re so lonely, oh they’re so lonely,

they’re so lonely they pray to die.

So if your baby leaves and you have a tale to tell

just take a walk down Lonely Street to Heartbreak Hotel

where you’ll be lonely and I’ll be lonely,

we’ll be so lonely that we could die.

Burning Love (Elvis Presley)

Burning Love

D             G         A           D
Lord almighty I feel my temperature rising

D                 G            A             D
Higher and higher it's burning through to my soul

D              G            A         D
Girl girl girl you're gonna set me on fire

D                   G            A            D
My brain is flaming I don't know which way to go

(chorus)
Bm          A       G
Your kisses lift me higher

Bm                  A      G
Like the sweet song of the choir

Bm           A       G
You blind my morning sky

A            D
With burning love

Ooh ooh ooh I feel my temperature rising
Help me baby my fever's a 109
Burnin burnin burnin and nothing can cool me down
I might turn to smoke but baby i feel fine

 (chorus)

It's coming closer the flames are licking my body
Won't you help me I feel I'm slipping away
It's hard to breath my chest is a heaving
Lord have mercy I'm burning the whole day

(chorus)

I'm a hunka hunka burning love

(repeat and fade)