Kenny Rogers - Reuben James

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Reuben James
In my song you live again
And the phrase that I rhyme
Are just a footstep out of time
From the time when I knew you
Reuben James
Reuben James, all the folks around Hadison County
Cussed your name
You re just a no-count, sharecropping colored man
You d steal anything you can
And everybody laid the blame on Reuben James
Reuben James, for you still walk
Over fields of my mind
Faded shirt, weathered brow
Colored hands upon the plow
Loved you then and I love you now

Reuben James
For a grave
The gossiper of Hadison County died with chide
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 the soul
And a bottle 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 one dark cloudy day
They brought you from the field
And to your lonely crambox
Came just a preacher
Me and the rain
Just to sing one last refrain to Reuben James

Inne utwory

  • Long arm of the law
  • The best of me
  • Crazy
  • Through the years
  • The only way i know
  • There you go again
  • You decorated my life
  • The heart of the matter
  • Lady
  • Love will turn you around
  • If i could only change your mind
  • The gambler
  • Lucille
  • Desperado
  • Losowe utwory

    Glauben

    Wie ich mich hinlege,
    wo fange ich an?
    So einfach kompliziert,
    diese Stimme im Innern.
    Ich hre sie so klar singen,
    unsichtbar wie das Rauschen des Windes.
    Wir alle wissen, da du da bist.

    Chorus
    Ich glaube einfach,
    ich glaube es einfach.
    Und manchmal wei ich nicht warum.
    Ich komme mit meinem Inneren wieder auf diese Sache zurck.

    Es ist nicht nur...

    Sister sun

    Tell me is it really true
    there s something goin on outside
    i just can feel it
    i heard it on the radio
    i m not allowed to go outside
    i can t believe it
    there s a big hole in the sky...

    Color me blind

    I had a dream,
    Last night I was blind
    And I couldn t see
    Color of any kind

    Picture the world, minus a rainbow
    When day becomes night, then where will the sun go
    Dancing alone, just me and my shadow
    Color...

    Ride for you

    Lately, I ve been tryna fight whatever s pulling us under
    it s got a hold and really making me wonder
    what it takes to get through
    I gotta stick with you, my baby
    Baby tell me?
    Maybe I m foolishly overreacting
    But being without you I can t imagine...

    Brown eyed woman

    You look at me,
    and baby all you see
    Are my blue eyes.
    I m not a man,
    baby all I am
    is what I symbolize.
    Brown eyed woman.
    (Stay away baby.)
    Brown eyed woman.
    (Stay away baby.)
    Brown eyed woman.
    (Stay away baby.)
    I could love you so, (no, no).
    I could love you so, (no, no).
    Brown eyed woman,
    I could love you...