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Composer: Jimmy Buffett

Jimmy Buffett - Ellis Dee lyrics



Why is he cussin' and calling disgustin'
The city that is now his home
He never smiles or keeps up with styles
He is black and he is all alone
And you ask why he's this way
Well brother you're too blind to see
It's 'cause Ellis Dee ain't free like you and me

Get out of the street don't get high on my beat
Go on home the policeman warns
Just 'cause you're poor why do you declare war
I can't help the way you were born
Why are they holdin' him down
He's spending his life on his knees
'Cause Ellis Dee ain't free like you and me

[Chorus:]
Got to help Ellis
Got to help Ellis
You know we got to help Ellis Ellis Dee
Try and help Ellis you and me
Got to get to Ellis hear his plea
Try and help Ellis get free

Ellis got hooked he got booked and he shook
In his cold little shivery cell
While out on the street in that same funky beat
Mister pusher was doing well
And Ellis Junior cries tears his daddy can't see
'Cause Ellis Dee ain't free like you and me

[Chorus]

'Cause Ellis Dee ain't free like you and me
No Ellis Dee ain't free like you and me
Songs list of album: Captain America (2002)
         Title Rating
01   There's Nothing Soft About Hard Times lyrics   -
02   Traveling Clean lyrics   -
03    Livingston's Gone to Texas lyrics Add lyrics   -
04   I Can't Be Your Hero Today lyrics   -
05    God Don't Own a Car lyrics Add lyrics   -
06    The Captain and the Kid lyrics Add lyrics   -
07    A Mile High in Denver lyrics Add lyrics   -
08    Ain't He a Genius lyrics Add lyrics   -
09   Captain America lyrics   -
10   High Cumberland Jubilee/Coming Down Slow lyrics   -
11   Rockefeller Square lyrics   -
12   Truckstop Salvation lyrics   -
13   Ace lyrics   -
14    Bend a Little lyrics Add lyrics   -
15   The Christian lyrics   -
16   High Cumberland Dilemma lyrics   -
17   Death Valley Lives lyrics   -
18   Ellis Dee lyrics   -
19   The Hang-Out Gang lyrics   -
20    In the Shelter lyrics Add lyrics   -
21   The Missionary lyrics   -
22   Richard Frost lyrics   -
23   Turnabout lyrics   -
 

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