Elmo Lincoln chords by Jack Ingram
Verse 1
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Elmo
Lincoln was a friend of mine
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Used to throw papers
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every weekday afternoon
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Well he was making some dough,
saving up for a bike
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I was laying low,
I was killing some time
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on those weekday af ternoons
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Well our hands got black,
but we never got
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Till one day I quit and Elmo got fired
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We were free every weekday
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afternoon
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We rode that bike
that he'd worked for all year
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Go down to the corner store,
too young to want beer
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I'd buy some baseball cards,
I'd give him my gum
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Cause the shit was too hard,
I didn't want none
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It would always get dark
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and I'd make an excuse
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Thinking he'd buy it, but it was no use
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The sun never set down
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for Elmo Lincoln
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Elmo Lincoln
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Like an elbow length
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I'll never forget when old Elmo
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got stuck stealin' cats
from a kid he ran out of luck
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we laughed at his nose
but nobody had died
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just a little lost blood
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and a bit of bruised pride
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but you'd think he would quit
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but Elmo kept on
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just pissed his collection was gone
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Guess I never really knew
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Elmo Lincoln
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Elmo Lincoln
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Elmo Lincoln
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Elmo Elmo Lincoln
Verse 2
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oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh,
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Verse 3
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you
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Well, I'll never let go the
day that I awoke
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from a call from a friend,
been years since we'd spoke.
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Old Elmo been killed,
run down in the night
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by a train without end,
a train without light.
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You'd think I would cry,
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but never I did,
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couldn't help but smile just
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thinking of that kid.
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But I used to run with
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Elmore Lincoln
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Elmore Lincoln
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Elmore Lincoln
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Elmore Lincoln
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You'd think I would cry,
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but never I did
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Couldn't help but smile just
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thinking of that kid
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That I used to run with
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Elmo Lincoln
Yeah, thanks a lot.
Wrote that about a guy named David Lichtenwalter.
but Elmo Lincoln rhymed a little better.
It's a tune called Run Away With
You.
It's about a girl.
Elmo Lincoln
Jack Ingram
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