Ghetto Woman

by B.B. King / Dave Clark recording of 1971 from B.B. King In London (ABC 730 / MCA 10843) She's just a ghetto woman, waitin' for her man to come home Oh she's just a ghetto woman, waitin' for her man to come home Said she's a ghetto woman, waitin' for her man to come home A rat run cross the floor, a roach ran up the wall Everything is noise around her, that don't seem to bother her at all Ghetto woman, sittin' there all alone She's a ghetto woman, waitin' for her man to come home Yes the t.v.'s on, radio blastin' the news Somebody down the hall, playin' the low down dirty blues Oh, ghetto woman, she's all alone She's just a ghetto woman, waitin' for her man to come home Oh she's a ghetto woman, she's a ghetto woman Oh, ghetto woman, what's on your mind Sometimes I look in your face, can't help but cry

 

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