(by J.R. Robertson and R. Manuel)
Wrote a letter this mornin
Put it in your hat
Cause no one to read it
And I know you knew that.
I bought a jokea trick or two
Just to bring and show you
Caught ya with the trickster too.
Sometimes I wonder how ya knew
A hypnotistfancytalker
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 agoin a movie show
He was like that man singin bass.
Knew him by his nurs ry 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 daymaybe 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 man who did ya in.
Is mr. Remus still your friend?
You say you don t remember him.
Turn me downwould ya?
WellI ve got news for you.
Turn me down would ya
Can t ya tell
I m gonna change your mind before I m... trough...

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