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