Ruben James Songtext
von Kenny Rogers

Ruben James, in my song you′ll live again
And the phrases that I rhyme are just the footsteps out of time
From the time when I knew you, Ruben James
Ruben James, all the folks around Madison County cussed your name
A just a no count sharecropping colored man who would steal anything can
And everybody laid the blame on Ruben James

Ruben James, you still walk the furrowed fields of my mind
The faded shirt, the weathered brow, the calloused hands upon the plow
I loved you then and I love you now
Ruben James


Flora Gray, the gossip of Madison County died with child
And although your skin was black, you were the one that didn't turn your back
On the hungry white child with no name, Ruben James
Ruben James, with your mind on my soul and a Bible in your right hand
You said turn the other cheek, there′s a better world awaiting the meek
In my mind these words remain from a Ruben James

Ruben James, you still walk the furrowed fields of my mind
The faded shirt, the weathered brow, the calloused hands upon the plow
I loved you then and I love you now
Ruben James

Ruben James, one dark cloudy day that brought you from the field
And to your lonely pine box came just a picture of me in the rain
Just to sing one last refrain for Ruben James

Ruben James, you still walk the furrowed fields of my mind
The faded shirt, the weathered brow, the calloused hands upon the plow
I loved you then and I love you now
Ruben James

Ruben James, you still walk the furrowed fields of my mind
The faded shirt, the weathered brow, the calloused hands upon the plow
I loved you then and I love you now