[00:04]Ruben James, in my song you live again [00:11]And the phrases that I rhyme [00:14]Are just the footsteps out of time [00:16]From the time when I knew you Ruben James [00:21]Ruben James all the folks around Madison County [00:26]Cussed your name just a no [00:29]Count share croppin colored man [00:32]Who would steal anything he can [00:34]And they always laid the blame on Ruben James [00:39]Ruben James, you still walk furrowed fields on my mind [00:47]The faded skirt the weathered brow [00:49]The calloused hand up on the plow [00:51]I loved you then and I love you now Ruben James [00:57]Flora Gray, a gossip of Madison County died with child [01:05]And although your skin was black [01:07]It was you that would not turn your back [01:10]On a hungry white child with no name, Ruben James [01:15]Ruben James, with your mind on my soul [01:19]And the bible in your right hand [01:23]You said turn the other cheek [01:25]A better world is a waiting for the meek [01:28]In my head those words remain from Ruben James [01:33]Ruben James, you still walk furrowed fields on my mind [01:40]The faded skirt the weathered brow [01:43]The calloused hand up on the plow [01:45]I loved you then and I love you now Ruben James [01:51]Ruben James one dark cloudy day [01:55]That brought you from the fields [01:59]And to your lonely pine box came [02:01]Just a preacher, me and the rain [02:04]To sing one last refrain for Ruben James [02:09]Ruben James, you still walk furrowed fields on my mind [02:17]The faded skirt the weathered brow [02:19]The calloused hand up on the plow [02:22]I loved you then and I love you now Ruben James [02:27]Ruben James, you still walk furrowed fields on my mind [02:35]The faded skirt the weathered brow [02:37]The calloused hand up on the plow [02:40]I loved you then and I love you now Ruben James
[00:04]Ruben James, in my song you live again [00:11]And the phrases that I rhyme [00:14]Are just the footsteps out of time [00:16]From the time when I knew you Ruben James [00:21]Ruben James all the folks around Madison County [00:26]Cussed your name just a no [00:29]Count share croppin colored man [00:32]Who would steal anything he can [00:34]And they always laid the blame on Ruben James [00:39]Ruben James, you still walk furrowed fields on my mind [00:47]The faded skirt the weathered brow [00:49]The calloused hand up on the plow [00:51]I loved you then and I love you now Ruben James [00:57]Flora Gray, a gossip of Madison County died with child [01:05]And although your skin was black [01:07]It was you that would not turn your back [01:10]On a hungry white child with no name, Ruben James [01:15]Ruben James, with your mind on my soul [01:19]And the bible in your right hand [01:23]You said turn the other cheek [01:25]A better world is a waiting for the meek [01:28]In my head those words remain from Ruben James [01:33]Ruben James, you still walk furrowed fields on my mind [01:40]The faded skirt the weathered brow [01:43]The calloused hand up on the plow [01:45]I loved you then and I love you now Ruben James [01:51]Ruben James one dark cloudy day [01:55]That brought you from the fields [01:59]And to your lonely pine box came [02:01]Just a preacher, me and the rain [02:04]To sing one last refrain for Ruben James [02:09]Ruben James, you still walk furrowed fields on my mind [02:17]The faded skirt the weathered brow [02:19]The calloused hand up on the plow [02:22]I loved you then and I love you now Ruben James [02:27]Ruben James, you still walk furrowed fields on my mind [02:35]The faded skirt the weathered brow [02:37]The calloused hand up on the plow [02:40]I loved you then and I love you now Ruben James
