[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