Chairmen of the Board - Elmo James (1972) - With Song Lyrics, Video and Free MP3 Download.

Chairmen of the Board ~ "Elmo James"

Year:	1972
RecordLabel:	Invictus 524 (UK)
ChartPosition:	UK #21
Writtenby:	General Johnson and Greg Perry
Album:	Bittersweet / C.O.T.B. Greatest Hits

This is the sad but true story about Elmo James
Brothers and sisters, you may meet your guest...

Born and raised in the backwoods
Barefoot on a farm
The hammer of life gets heavy
You looked up and your pa was gone
The floors that your mama scrubbed
Each day at the big farm house
Didn't earn her enough money
To feed nine hungry mouths
So you did your best to help your mama
No time for books and school
But the outside world looks upon ya
As an uneducated fool

Oh, Elmo James
It don't matter from where you came
Life goes on the same
Whose to blame? oh, Elmo James
Ohh, Elmo James, just living your life in shame
But the world don't change because of pain
Oh, oh, Elmo James

Ohhh, you left your home for the city
With hopes of fortune and wealth
You got locked down in the ghetto
No chance of helping yourself
So you turned to false stimulations
To forget your needs and wants
And the only job that you can afford
Is a job nobody else wants
Your heart is filled with self-pity
You feel that your all alone
You've got a wife, two kids and a broken down shack
But you're too proud to go back home

Oh, Elmo James
It don't matter from where you came
Life goes on the same
Whose to blame? oh, oh, Elmo James
Ohh, Elmo James, living your life in shame
The world don't change because of pain
Come on now, blow for it Elmo
Blow it pretty now, come on, come on

Ohhh, you met a man and you robbed him
To get food for your family
The judge didn't understand why
Now your in penitentiary
The grey walls that surround you
Significance of your life
Worried about some no good guy
Running off with your wife
You'll be out in a year or two
Please Elmo when you do
Make your children go to school
So they won't wind up like you

Oh, oh, Elmo James
It don't matter from where you came
Life goes on the same
Whose to blame? oh, oh, oh, Elmo James
Elmo, what you gonna do?
Elmo James, just living your life in shame
But the world don't change because of pain
Oh, oh, Elmo James

Oh, oh, oh, Elmo James
It don't matter from where you came
Life goes on [fade out]
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