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
It wasn't me
That started that
Ol' crazy Asian war
But I was proud
To go and do
My patriotic chore
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 the needs of
A woman your age
Ruby I realize
But it won't be long
I've heard 'em say
Until I'm not around
Oh Ruby
Don't take your love
To town
She's leavin' now
'Cause I just heard
The slammin'
Of the door
The way I know
I've heard it slam
A 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