Ruby, Don't Take Your Love To Town Songtext / Lyric

You've painted up your lips and rolled and curled your tinted hair

Ruby are you contemplating going out somewhere?

The shadow on the wall tell me the sun is going down



Oh Ruby, don't take your love to town



It wasn't me that started that old crazy Asian war

But I was proud to go and do my patriotic chore

And yes, it's true that I'm not the man I used to be



Oh Ruby, I still need some company






It's hard to love a man whose legs are bent and paralyzed

And the wants and needs of a woman your age really I realize

But it won't be long, I've heard them say, until I'm not around



Oh Ruby, don't take your love to town



She's leaving now 'cause I just heard the slamming of the door

The way I know I heard its slams one hundred times before

And if I could move I'd get my gun and put her in the ground



Oh Ruby, don't take your love to town



Oh Ruby, for God's sake, turn around