Ruben Remus

Wrote a letter this mornin'

Put it in your hat

'Cause there's no one to read it

And I know you knew that

I bought a joke, a trick or two

Just to bring and show you

Caught ya with the trickster too

Sometimes I wonder how ya knew

A hypnotist, fancy talker

Ruben Remus ain't no doctor

I knew the man and tried to remember

Just where it was that I'd seen his face

Long ago, in a movie show

He was like that man singin' bass

Knew him by his nursery rhyme

The 'Story Of The Rabbit Man'

Fell right in and said to him

"I'd like to help you if I can"

I know the film would only shock ya

Ruben Remus ain't no doctor

He only needed what you had

Asked for nothing more

Said he'd like to take you on

But it's been done before

You couldn't see he's a travelin' man

And he cannot take your hand

It's very hard to understand

Why his songs were never banned

Guess the man would never knock ya

Ruben Remus ain't no doctor

No one seen ya since he's been gone

It's been a day, maybe more

I took a walk in your yard

And knocked on your back door

Why don't you let me in?

I'm not the one who did ya in

Is Mr. Remus still your friend?

You say you don't remember him

Turn me down, would ya?

Well, I've got news for you

Turn me down would ya?

Can't ya tell?

I'm gonna change your mind before I'm

Through