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Ellis Dee
Written by: Jimmy Buffett & Buzz Cason
Performed by: Jimmy Buffett

Originally from the Album: Down To Earth (1970)
Additional Discography:
Before the Salt (1979)
Before The Beach (1993)
American Storyteller (1999)

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

Shows Played At:

06-14-1997: Nissan Pavilion – Bristow, VA

Number of Shows: 1