Reuben James
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๐ ID: 6387344
๐ Lyrics
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 no-count 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
A-waiting 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
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 no-count 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
A-waiting 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
โฑ๏ธ Synced Lyrics
[00:04.37] Ruben James
[00:06.35] In my song you'll live again
[00:10.54] And the phrases that I rhyme
[00:13.31] Are just a footstep's out of time
[00:15.85] From the time when I knew you Ruben James
[00:20.70] Ruben James, all the folks
[00:24.48] Around Madison County cussed your name
[00:28.16] Just a no-count sharecroppin' colored man
[00:31.18] Who would steal anything he can
[00:33.24] And everybody laid the blame on Ruben James
[00:38.58] Ruben James, you still walk
[00:42.32] The further fields of my mind
[00:45.85] The faded shirt the weathered brow
[00:48.86] The calloused hands upon the plow
[00:51.51] I loved you then and
[00:54.05] I love you now Ruben James
[00:57.05] Flora Gray, the gossip of Madison County
[01:00.83] Died with child
[01:03.98] And although your skin was black
[01:07.04] You were the one
[01:08.69] That didn't turn your back
[01:10.12] On a hungry white child
[01:12.04] With no name, Ruben James
[01:14.89] Ruben James, with your mind on my soul
[01:18.95] And a Bible in your right hand
[01:21.73] You said turn the other cheek
[01:25.33] There's a better world
[01:27.08] A-waiting for the meek
[01:28.05] In my mind these words remain
[01:30.15] From Ruben James
[01:32.47] Ruben James, you still walk
[01:35.72] The further fields of my mind
[01:40.51] The faded shirt the weathered brow
[01:42.81] The calloused hands upon the plow
[01:45.14] I loved you then and
[01:46.96] I love you now Ruben James
[01:50.02] Ruben James, one dark cloudy day
[01:54.92] They brought you from the field
[01:58.13] And to your lonely pine box came
[02:01.31] Just a preacher, me and the rain
[02:03.97] To sing one last refrain for Ruben James
[02:08.63] Ruben James, you still walk
[02:13.74] The further fields of my mind
[02:16.33] The faded shirt the weathered brow
[02:19.69] The calloused hands upon the plow
[02:22.46] I loved you then and
[02:24.39] I love you now Ruben James
[02:27.54] Ruben James, you still walk
[02:30.20] The further fields of my mind
[02:34.68] The faded shirt the weathered brow
[02:37.28] The calloused hands upon the plow
[02:40.49] I loved you then and
[02:41.80] I love you now Ruben James
[02:44.03]
[00:06.35] In my song you'll live again
[00:10.54] And the phrases that I rhyme
[00:13.31] Are just a footstep's out of time
[00:15.85] From the time when I knew you Ruben James
[00:20.70] Ruben James, all the folks
[00:24.48] Around Madison County cussed your name
[00:28.16] Just a no-count sharecroppin' colored man
[00:31.18] Who would steal anything he can
[00:33.24] And everybody laid the blame on Ruben James
[00:38.58] Ruben James, you still walk
[00:42.32] The further fields of my mind
[00:45.85] The faded shirt the weathered brow
[00:48.86] The calloused hands upon the plow
[00:51.51] I loved you then and
[00:54.05] I love you now Ruben James
[00:57.05] Flora Gray, the gossip of Madison County
[01:00.83] Died with child
[01:03.98] And although your skin was black
[01:07.04] You were the one
[01:08.69] That didn't turn your back
[01:10.12] On a hungry white child
[01:12.04] With no name, Ruben James
[01:14.89] Ruben James, with your mind on my soul
[01:18.95] And a Bible in your right hand
[01:21.73] You said turn the other cheek
[01:25.33] There's a better world
[01:27.08] A-waiting for the meek
[01:28.05] In my mind these words remain
[01:30.15] From Ruben James
[01:32.47] Ruben James, you still walk
[01:35.72] The further fields of my mind
[01:40.51] The faded shirt the weathered brow
[01:42.81] The calloused hands upon the plow
[01:45.14] I loved you then and
[01:46.96] I love you now Ruben James
[01:50.02] Ruben James, one dark cloudy day
[01:54.92] They brought you from the field
[01:58.13] And to your lonely pine box came
[02:01.31] Just a preacher, me and the rain
[02:03.97] To sing one last refrain for Ruben James
[02:08.63] Ruben James, you still walk
[02:13.74] The further fields of my mind
[02:16.33] The faded shirt the weathered brow
[02:19.69] The calloused hands upon the plow
[02:22.46] I loved you then and
[02:24.39] I love you now Ruben James
[02:27.54] Ruben James, you still walk
[02:30.20] The further fields of my mind
[02:34.68] The faded shirt the weathered brow
[02:37.28] The calloused hands upon the plow
[02:40.49] I loved you then and
[02:41.80] I love you now Ruben James
[02:44.03]