[00:00.00]Lyrics:Jimmy Buffett/Buzz Cason Music:Jimmy Buffett/Buzz Cason[00:11.64]Why is he cussin' and callin' disgustin'[00:15.00]The city that is now his home[00:18.63]He never smiles or keeps up with styles[00:21.63]He is black and he is all alone[00:26.04]And you ask why he's this way[00:28.77]Well brother you're too blind to see[00:31.83]It's cause Ellis Dee ain't free like you and me[00:39.21]Get out of the street don't get high on my beat[00:42.15]Go on home the policeman warns[00:46.35]Just 'cause you're poor why do you declare war[00:49.17]I can't help the way that you were born[00:54.48]Why are they holdin' him down[00:56.43]He's spending his life on his knees[00:59.70]'Cause Ellis Dee ain't free like you and me[01:02.49]Chorus:[01:06.96]Got to help Ellis[01:10.50]Got to help Ellis[01:13.32]You know we got to help Ellis Ellis Dee[01:17.22]Try and help Ellis you and me[01:20.79]Got to get to Ellis hear his plea[01:22.65]Try and help Ellis get free[01:31.50]Ellis got hooked, he got booked and he shook[01:34.38]In his cold little shivery cell[01:38.16]While out on the street in that same funky beat[01:41.37]Mister pusher was doing well[01:46.35]And Ellis Junior cries tears his daddy can't see[01:52.08]'Cause Ellis Dee ain't free like you and me[01:54.60]Chorus:[01:59.16]Got to help Ellis[02:02.64]Got to help Ellis[02:05.49]You know we got to help Ellis Ellis Dee[02:09.48]Try and help Ellis you and me[02:11.76]Got to get to Ellis hear his plea[02:12.45]Try and help Ellis get free[02:13.89]'Cause Ellis Dee ain't fee like you and me[02:30.42]No Ellis Dee ain't free like you and me