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 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 aint no doctor
I knew the man and tried to remember
Just where it was that Id 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
Id like to help you if I can
I know the film would only shock ya
Ruben Remus aint no doctor
He only needed what you had
Asked for nothing more
Said hed like to take you on
But its been done before
You couldnt see hes a travelin man
And he cannot take your hand
Its very hard to understand
Why his songs were never banned
Guess the man would never knock ya
Ruben Remus aint no doctor
No one seen ya since hes been gone
Its been a day, maybe more
I took a walk in your yard
And knocked on your back door
Why dont you let me in?
Im not the man who did ya in
Is Mr. Remus still your friend?
You say you dont remember him
Turn me down, would ya?
Well, Ive got news for you
Turn me down would ya? Cant ya tell
Im gonna change your mind before Im through