Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town
you painted up your lips
and rolled and curled your tinted hair
ruby are you contemplating
going out somewhere
the shadow on the wall tells me the sun ist going down
oh ruby, dont take your love to town
it wasnt me who started
that old crazy asian war
but i was proud to go
and do my patriotic chore
and ... yes its true, that im not the man i used to be
oh ruby, i still need some company
its hard to love a man whose legs
are bent and paralyzed
and the wants and the needs
of a woman your age ... ruby i realize
but it wont be long
ive heard them say until im not around
oh ruby, dont take your love to town
shes leaving now
cause i just heard the slamming of the door
the way i know ive heard it slam one hundred times before
and if i could move id get my gun and put her in the ground
oh ruby, dont take your love to town
oh ruby, for gods sake ... turn around