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Reuben James in my song you'll live againAnd the phrases that I rhymeAre just footsteps out of timeFrom the time when I knew you, Reuben JamesReuben James all the folks around Madison County cussed your nameJust a no count share croppin' colored manWho'd steal anything that he canAnd they always laid the blame on, Reuben JamesReuben James, you still walk the furrowed fields of my mindThe faded shirt, the wrinkled browThe calloused hand upon the plowI loved you then and I love you now, Reuben JamesFlora Gray, the gossip of Madison County died with the childAnd although your skin was blackYou were the one who didn't turn your backOn a hungry white child with no name, Reuben JamesReuben James with your mind on my soul and Bible in your right handYou said turn the other cheekThere's a better land waitin' for the meekIn my mind these words remain from Reuben JamesReuben James, you still walk the furrowed fields of my mindLetras de cancionesThe faded shirt, the wrinkled browThe calloused hand upon the plowI loved you then and I love you now, Reuben JamesReuben James, one cold dark day, they brought you from the fieldsAnd to your lonely pine box cameJust a preacher, me and the rainTo sing one last refrain for Reuben JamesReuben James, you still walk the furrowed fields of my mindThe faded shirt, the wrinkled browThe calloused hand upon the plowI loved you then and I love you now, Reuben James From Letras Mania