Inner City Christmas
D C G A
The empty streets are blanketed with freshly fallen snow
D C G
Each streetlight casts a halo of a toxic yellow glow
D C G A
A half dozen frosted prostitutes congregate below
G EG A
It's just another inner city Christmas
D C G A
Patrol cars slip and slide as they race to nine one one calls
D C G
In the projects the cold kills the smell of urine in the halls
D C G A
Wind blown snow erases gang graffiti on the walls
G EG A
It's just another inner city Christmas
D C G A
The methadone clinic down the block is cheerful and bright
D C G
The nurses in the waiting room have strung up blinking lights
D C G A
And when the final junkie has been sent home for the night
G EG A
It's just another inner city Christmas
D C G A
Somewhere some baby's daddy's boosting Pampers from a store
D C G
Somewhere a drunken homeless man is camping by a door
D C G A
Somewhere a hungry child crawls into bed while wanting more
G EG A
It's just another inner city Christmas
D C G A
There are no throngs of carolers who wander through the 'hood
D C G
The only people wandering here aren't up to any good
D C G A
And if Santa ever wandered in, they'd strip him where he stood
G EG A
It's just another inner city Christmas
The empty streets are blanketed with freshly fallen snow
D C G
Each streetlight casts a halo of a toxic yellow glow
D C G A
A half dozen frosted prostitutes congregate below
G EG A
It's just another inner city Christmas
D C G A
Patrol cars slip and slide as they race to nine one one calls
D C G
In the projects the cold kills the smell of urine in the halls
D C G A
Wind blown snow erases gang graffiti on the walls
G EG A
It's just another inner city Christmas
D C G A
The methadone clinic down the block is cheerful and bright
D C G
The nurses in the waiting room have strung up blinking lights
D C G A
And when the final junkie has been sent home for the night
G EG A
It's just another inner city Christmas
D C G A
Somewhere some baby's daddy's boosting Pampers from a store
D C G
Somewhere a drunken homeless man is camping by a door
D C G A
Somewhere a hungry child crawls into bed while wanting more
G EG A
It's just another inner city Christmas
D C G A
There are no throngs of carolers who wander through the 'hood
D C G
The only people wandering here aren't up to any good
D C G A
And if Santa ever wandered in, they'd strip him where he stood
G EG A
It's just another inner city Christmas