Ruby
(mel tillis)
You've painted up your lips an rolled & curled your tinted hair.
Ruby are you contemplating going out somewhere?
The shadow on the wall tells me the sun is going down -
Oh ruby
Don't take your love to town
Its hard to love a man whose legs are bent & paralysed
And the wants & the needs of a woman your age, ruby i realize,
But it won't be long i've heard them say until i not around
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 & 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.
She's leavin' now 'cause i heard the slammin' iof the door
The way i know i've heard it slam one hundred times before
And if i could move i'd get my gun & put her in the ground
Oh ruby
For god's sake turn around
