歌词
Reuben James in my song you'll live again
And the phrases that
I rhyme are just the footsteps out of time
From the time when
I knew you
Reuben James
Hey Reuben
James all the folks around
Madison Caunty cussed your name
Just a no count of colored man who'd steal anything that he can
And they always laid the blame on
Reuben James
Hey Reuben
James you still walk the furrowed fields of my mind
The faded shirt the wrinkled brow the calloused hand upon the plow
I loved you then and
I love you now
Reuben James
Hey Flora
Gray well the gossip of
Madison County died with the child
And although your skin was black you were the one who didn't turn your back
On a hungry white child with no name
Reuben James
Hey Reuben
James with your mind on my soul and
Bible in your right hand
You said turn the other cheek there's a better world waitin' for the meek
In my head those words remain from
Reuben James
Hey Reuben
James you still walk...
Oh Reuben
James one cold dark day they brought you from the fields
And that lonely pinebox came just a preacher me and the rain
To sing one last refrain for
Reuben James
Oh Reuben
James you still walk...