Ruby. Kenny Rogers & The First Edition.

Kar - Bunty Pritchard Jones. Mar 2001.

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

Ruby, are you contemplating
going out somewhere?

The shadows 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 chores.

And, yes, it's true I'm not the man that I used to be,
Ah, but Ruby, I still need some company.

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

And the wants and the needs of a woman your age,
Ruby, 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've heard it slam
one hundred times before.

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,

[Spoken] For Godsakes, turn around.

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