| lyric | 1. Reuben James, in my song you'll live again,
and the phrases that I rhyme
are just the footsteps out off time,
from the time when I knew you, Rueben James.
Reuben James, all the folks
around Madison County cussed your name,
just a no ’cause sharecroppin’ colored man
who would steal anything he can.
And they always laid the blame on Rueben James.
Ref.:
Reuben James, you still walk
the furrowed fields of my mind,
The faded shirt, the weathered brow,
the callcused hadn upon the plow,
I loved you then
and I love you now, Rueben James.
2. Or - ay, the gossip of Madison County died with child
and although your skin was black,
it was you that didn’t turn your back.
On a hungry white child with no name, Rueben James.
Reuben James, with your mind in my soul
and the Bible in your right hand,
you said turn the other cheeck,
a better world is awaitin’ for the meek.
In my head these words
remain from Rueben James.
3. Reuben James, you still walk
the furrowed fields ob my mind.
The faded shirt, the weathered brow,
the callloused hand upon the plow,
I loved you then
and I love you now, Rueben James. |