Song lyrics Reuben James by Kenny Rogers

Reuben James
In my song you live again
And the phrases that I rhyme
Are just a footsteps out of time
From the time when I knew you Reuben James

Reuben James
All the folks around Madison County cussed your name
You're just a no-count, sharecropping colored man
Who would steal anything you can
And everybody laid the blame on Reuben James

Reuben 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 Reuben James

Flora Gray
The gossiper 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 Reuben James

Reuben 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 Reuben James

Reuben 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 Reuben James

Reuben James
One dark cloudy day they brought you from the field
Unto your lonely pinebox came
Just the preacher, me in the rain
Just to sing one last refrain for Reuben James

Reuben 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 Reuben James
Taken from AlbumSongAndLyrics.com
Reuben 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 Reuben James