Ruby, don't take
your love to town
1. You've
painted up your lips an rolled and curled your tinted hair.
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Ruby are you contemplating going out
somewhere?
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The Shadow on the wall tells me the sun is
going down.
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Oh Ru…by, don't take your love to town !
2. It wasn't
me that started that old crazy Asian war,
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but I was proud to go and do my patriotic
chore.
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And yes, it's true that I'm not the man I
used to be.
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Oh Ru…by, I still need some company !
3. It’s hard
to love a man whose legs are bent and paralysed,
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and the wants and the needs of a woman your
age, Ruby I realize.
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But it won't be long I've heard them say
until I not around.
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Oh Ru…by, don't take your love to town !
4. She's
leavin' now 'cause I heard the slammin' of the door,
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the way I know I've heard it slam one
hundred times before.
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And if I could move I'd get my gun and put
her in the ground.
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Oh Ru…by, don't take your love to town !
Oh Ru…by, for God’s sake turn around !