ruben james
in my song you’ll live again
and the phrases that i rhyme
are just a footstep’s out of time
from the time when i knew you ruben james
ruben james all the folks
around madison county cussed your name
just a nocount sharecroppin’ colored man
who would steal anything he can
and everybody laid the blame on ruben james
ruben james you still walk
the further fields of my mind
the faded shirt the weathered brow
the calloused hands upon the plow
i loved you then and
i love you now ruben james
flora gray the gossip of madison county
died with child
and although your skin was black
you were the one
that didn’t turn your back
on a hungry white child
with no name ruben james
ruben james with your mind on my soul
and a bible in your right hand
you said turn the other cheek
there’s a better world
awaiting for the meek
in my mind these words remain
from ruben james
ruben james you still walk
the further fields of my mind
the faded shirt the weathered brow
the calloused hands upon the plow
i loved you then and
i love you now ruben james
ruben james one dark cloudy day
they brought you from the field
and to your lonely pine box came
just a preacher me and the rain
to sing one last refrain for ruben james
ruben james you still walk
the further fields of my mind
the faded shirt the weathered brow
the calloused hands upon the plow
i loved you then and
i love you now ruben james
ruben james you still walk
the further fields of my mind
the faded shirt the weathered brow
the calloused hands upon the plow
i loved you then and
i love you now ruben james
Artist: Kenny Rogers The First Edition
Year: 1969
Decade: 60s
Language: en
Word Count: 163