Reuben James Lyrics - Jimmy Dean

Reuben James in my song you'll live again 

And the phrases that I rhyme are just the footsteps out of time 

For the time when I knew you Reuben James 

Reuben James all the folks around Madison Caunty cussed your name 

Just a no count sharecroppin' colored man who'd steal anything he can 

And they always put the blame on Reuben James 

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 

Flora Gray the gossip of Madison County died with 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 

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 these words remain from Reuben James 

Reuben James you still walk... 

Reuben James one dark cloudy 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 

Reuben James you still walk...