Song information On this page you can read the lyrics of the song Reuben James , by - Jerry Lee Lewis. Song from the album The Country Collection, in the genre ПопRelease date: 31.12.1997
Record label: Spectrum
Song language: English
Reuben James |
| Reuben James, in my song you live again |
| And the phrases that I rhyme |
| Are just footsteps out of time |
| From the time when I first knew you Reuben James |
| Reuben James all the folks around Madison County |
| Cursed your name |
| Just a no-account share-croppin' colored man |
| Who would steal anything he can |
| And they always laid the blame on Reuben James |
| Reuben James, you still walk the furrowed fields of my mind |
| The faded shirt, the weathered brow |
| The calloused hand upon the plough |
| I loved you then and I love you now Reuben James |
| Flora Gray, the gossip of Madison County died with a child |
| And although your skin was black |
| It was you that didn’t turn your back |
| On a hungry white child with no name, Reuben James |
| Reuben James, with your mind on my soul |
| And the Bible in your right hand |
| You said turn the other cheek |
| A better world is a-waiting for the meek |
| In my head those words remain from Reuben James |
| Reuben James, you still walk the furrowed fields of my mind |
| The faded shirt, the weathered brow |
| The calloused hand upon the plough |
| I loved you then and I love you now Reuben James |
| Reuben James one dark cloudy day |
| They brought you from the fields |
| And to your lonely pine box came |
| Just a preacher, me and the rain |
| To sing one last refrain for Reuben James |
| Reuben James, you still walk the furrowed fields of my mind |
| The faded shirt, the weathered brow |
| The calloused hand upon the plough |
| I loved you then and I love you now Reuben James |