Reuben James
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[00:03.61] Reuben James
[00:06.00] In my song you'll live again
[00:09.72] And the phrases that I rhyme
[00:13.17] Are just a footstep out of time
[00:15.84] From the time
[00:16.89] When I knew you, Reuben James
[00:20.08] Reuben James
[00:22.48] All the folks
[00:24.60] Around Madison County
[00:25.66] Cussed your name
[00:28.05] You're just a no-count
[00:29.90] Sharecropping coloured man
[00:31.24] Who'd steal anything you can
[00:32.83] And everybody laid the blame
[00:36.02] On Reuben James
[00:38.15] Reuben James
[00:40.79] You still walk the furrowed fields
[00:43.98] Of my mind
[00:46.37] The faded shirt, the weathered brow
[00:48.78] The calloused hands upon the plow
[00:51.15] I loved you then
[00:52.41] And I love you now, Reuben James
[00:56.39] For a grave
[00:58.52] The gossiper of Madison County
[01:01.72] Died with child
[01:03.84] And although your skin was black
[01:07.30] You were the one
[01:08.09] That didn't turn your back
[01:09.43] On the hungry white child
[01:11.28] With no name, Reuben James
[01:14.20] Reuben James
[01:16.34] With your mind on the soul
[01:18.98] And a Bible in your right hand
[01:21.64] You said turn the other cheek
[01:24.83] For there's a better world
[01:26.42] Awaiting for the meek
[01:27.75] In my mind, these words remain
[01:29.88] From a Reuben James
[01:32.27] Reuben James, you still walk
[01:36.25] The furrowed fields of my mind
[01:40.24] The faded shirt, the weathered brow
[01:42.89] The calloused hands upon the plow
[01:45.55] I loved you then
[01:46.62] And I love you now, Reuben James
[01:50.60] Reuben James, one dark cloudy day
[01:55.11] They brought you from the field
[01:58.03] And to your lonely pine box came
[02:01.22] Just a preacher, me and the rain
[02:03.87] Just to sing one last refrain
[02:06.00] For a Reuben James
[02:08.39] Reuben James, you still walk
[02:12.64] The furrowed fields of my mind
[02:16.63] The faded shirt, the weathered brow
[02:19.01] The calloused hands upon the plow
[02:21.68] I loved you then
[02:22.74] And I love you now, Reuben James
[02:26.72] Reuben James, you still walk
[02:30.71] The furrowed fields of my mind
[02:34.44] The faded shirt, the weathered brow
[02:37.08] The calloused hands upon the plow
[02:39.74] I loved you then
[02:40.79] And I love you now
[02:42.40] Reuben James
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