Reuben James-Pickin' On Series

[ti:Reuben James] [ar:Pickin' On Series] [al:Pickin' On Kenny Rogers: The Bluegrass Tribute] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Reuben James (鲁本·詹姆斯) - Pickin' On Series [00:04.37]Reuben James [00:05.87] [00:06.49]In my song you live again [00:08.61] [00:10.03]And the phrases that I rhyme [00:12.03]Are just the footsteps out of time [00:13.64] [00:14.17]From the time when I knew you [00:16.30]Reuben James [00:17.59] [00:18.38]Reuben James [00:20.18] [00:20.89]All the folks around Madison County [00:22.67]Cussed your name [00:23.93] [00:25.19]Just a no count share croppin' colored man [00:27.50]Who would steal anything he can [00:29.06]And everybody laid the blame [00:31.26]On Reuben James [00:33.03] [00:33.71]Reuben James [00:35.26] [00:35.95]You still walk [00:36.66]The furrowed fields of my mind [00:39.41] [00:40.10]The faded shirt [00:41.19]The weathered brow [00:42.23]The calloused hands [00:43.33]Upon the plough [00:44.36]I loved you then [00:45.28]And I love you now Reuben James [00:47.97] [00:48.79]Flora Gray the gossip [00:51.96]Of Madison County died with child [00:54.39] [00:55.64]And although your skin was black [00:57.22] [00:57.77]You were the one [00:58.33]That didn't turn your back [00:59.81]On the hungry white child with no name [01:01.97]Reuben James [01:03.33] [01:04.04]Reuben James with your mind on my soul [01:07.82]And the bible in your right hand [01:09.40] [01:10.87]You said turn the other cheek [01:12.36] [01:13.21]There's a better world [01:13.81]Awaiting for the meek [01:14.62] [01:15.17]In my mind these words [01:16.44]Remain from Reuben James [01:18.62] [01:19.37]Reuben James [01:20.77] [01:21.65]You still walk the furrowed [01:23.11]Fields of my mind [01:24.97] [01:26.01]The faded shirt [01:26.98]The weathered brow [01:27.92]The calloused hands [01:29.08]Upon the plough [01:30.27]I loved you then [01:31.13]And I love you now [01:32.38]Reuben James [01:33.80] [01:34.56]Reuben James [01:36.13] [01:37.15]One dark cloudy day [01:38.11]That brought you from the fields [01:39.86] [01:41.42]And to your lonely pine box came [01:43.43]Just a preacher me and the rain [01:45.45]Just to sing one last refrain [01:47.36]For Reuben James [01:48.79] [01:49.79]Reuben James [01:51.33] [01:52.05]You still walk the furrowed fields [01:53.96]Of my mind [01:55.30] [01:56.27]The faded shirt the weathered brow [01:58.34]The calloused hands upon the plough [02:00.52]I loved you then and I love you now [02:02.89]Reuben James [02:04.29] [02:05.01]Reuben James [02:06.56] [02:07.32]You still walk the furrowed fields [02:09.19]Of my mind [02:10.39] [02:11.62]The faded shirt [02:12.38]The weathered brow [02:13.45]The calloused hands upon the plough [02:15.75]I loved you then and I love you now [02:17.91]Reuben James