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Reuben James in my song you'll live againAnd the phrases that I rhyme are just the footsteps out of timeFor the time when I knew you Reuben JamesReuben James all the folks around Madison Caunty cussed your nameJust a no count sharecroppin' colored man who'd steal anything he canAnd they always put the blame on Reuben JamesReuben James you still walk the furrowed fields of my mindThe faded shirt the wrinkled brow the calloused hand upon the plowI loved you then and I love you now Reuben JamesFlora Gray the gossip of Madison County died with childAnd although your skin was black you 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 cheek there's a better world waitin' for the meekIn my head these words remain from Reuben JamesReuben James you still walk...Reuben James one dark cloudy day they brought you from the fieldsAnd that lonely pinebox came just a preacher me and the rainTo sing one last refrain for Reuben JamesReuben James you still walk... From Letras Mania