James Bama
James Elliott Bama (born April 28, 1926, Washington Heights, New York) is an American artist known for his realistic paintings and etchings of Western subjects. Life in Wyoming led to his comment, "Here an artist can trace the beginnings of Western history, see the first buildings, the oldest wagons, saddles and guns, and be up close to the remnants of Indian culture ... And you can stand surrounded by nature's wonders."
Biography
Born in Manhattan in 1926, he grew up copying Alex Raymond's Flash Gordon comic strip. He had his first professional sale when he was 15, a drawing of Yankee Stadium in the New York Journal-American. He graduated from New York's High School of Music and Art and entered the Army Air Corps, working as a mechanic, mural painter, and physical training instructor.
When discharged from the service, and back in New York City, he studied drawing and anatomy at the Art Students League. Beginning in 1951, he was an illustrator at New York's Charles E. Cooper Studios for 15 years. His first paperback cover was Nelson Nye's A Bullet for Billy the Kid (1950). Bama had a 22-year career as a successful commercial artist, producing paperback book covers, movie posters and illustrations for such publications as Argosy, The Saturday Evening Post and Reader's Digest, and his numerous clients included the New York Giants football team, the Baseball and Football Halls of Fame and the U.S. Air Force. Beginning with The Man of Bronze (1964), he did a powerful set of 62 covers for the Doc Savage Bantam Books paperbacks, often using as a model actor Steve Holland, star of TV's Flash Gordon (1954–55). He also painted the box cover art for Aurora's monster model kits, including King Kong, Frankenstein, Dracula and The Mummy.
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Soldier
by: James Baum*talk - This one goes out to all the fellas out there.
If you got your eyes on the prize, you'll get your girl, man * (yeah!)
I wanna be your soldier
I wanna be your man
I wanna be there at your siiide
And you can be my only one
The only one for me
For all time..
I wanna touch your skin
Just gaze into those eyes
The way that he does
Each and every time
I wanna stroke your hair
And lay you down at night
And watch you as you sleep
Breathing air in my life
I, and I just can't take it anymore
Watchin him treat cha, treat cha,
Treat cha so bad
Oh why, must you let him do ya like he does
Can't chu see I love ya, love ya, love ya
Let me break it down for you tonight
I wanna be your soldier
I wanna be your man
I wanna be there at your siiide
And you can be my only one
The only one for me
For all time..
And I wanna hold you near
I just gota taste your lips
Whenever you are close to me
I'm losing my grip
I'm out of my mind
Each and every time
I watch ya give your love away
I, and I just can't take it anymore
Watchin him treat cha, treat cha,
Treat cha so bad
Oh why, must you let him do ya like he does
Can't chu see I love ya, love ya, love ya
Let me break it down for you tonight
I wanna be your soldier
I wanna be your man
I wanna be there at your siiide
And you can be my only one
The only one for me
For all time..
Girl, take some time and listen
*talk - I'm a be real *
You're the only one I'm missing
Girl, take some time and look at me
And I know you will find that you always did
Know, know, you know I love ya, love ya
And girl you know, know
You know I care for ya, care for ya
Girl, you know, know
You know you'll never be alone
Not on my watch, baby
You know you always got me
I wanna be your soldier
I wanna be your man
I wanna be there at your siiide
And you can be my only one
The only one for me
For all time..
I wanna be your soldier
I wanna be your man
I wanna be there at your siiide
And you can be my only one
The only one for me