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James White歌词
Reuben James - Scott Walker Reuben James, in my song you live again And the phrases that I rhyme Are just footsteps out of time From the time when I first knew you Reuben James Reuben James all the folks around Madison County Cursed your name Just a no-account share-croppin colored man Who would steal anything he can And they always 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 hand upon the plough I loved you then and I love you now Reuben James Flora Gray, the gossip of Madison County died with a child And although your skin was black It was you that didnt turn your back On a hungry white child with no name, Reuben James Reuben James, with your mind on my soul And the Bible in your right hand You said turn the other cheek A better wo