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Rueben James, in my song you live again And the phrase that I rhyme are just the footstep out of time From the time when I knew you Rueben James Rueben James, all the folks around Madison County Cussed your name You're just a no account, sharecropping colored man Who would steal anything he can And everybody laid the blame on Rueben James Rueben James, you still walk the furrowed field of my mind A faded shirt, the weathered brow, the callused hands upon the plow I loved you then and I love you now Rueben James Flora Graves, the gossiper of Madison County died with child Although your skin was black You were the one that didn’t turn your back On the hungry white child with no name, Rueben James Rueben James, with your mind on my soul And a bible in your right hand You said “turn the other cheek, For there's a better world awaiting for the meek” In my mind these words remain from Rueben James Rueben James, you still walk the furrowed field of my mind SongtexteA faded shirt, weathered brow, the callused hands upon the plow I loved you then and I love you now Rueben James Rueben James, one dark, cloudy day They brought you from the field Until your lonely pine box came just a preacher, me and the rain Just to sing one last refrain for Rueben James Rueben James, You still walk the furrowed field of my mind A faded shirt, the weathered brow, the callused hands upon the plow I loved you then and I love you now Rueben James Rueben James, you still walk the furrowed field of my mind A faded shirt, the weathered brow, the callused hands upon the plow I loved you then and I love you now Rueben James Aus Songtexte Mania